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HEYEN v. WILLIS

Gen. No. 10,914.

94 Ill. App.2d 290 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 580

Lewis Heyen, Administrator of the Estate of Dennis Lee Wethington, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raymond Willis, et al., Defendants. Raymond Willis and Wilda Willis, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

April 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Blane, of Petersburg, and Stuart Dobbs, Denby & Dobbs, of Carlinville, for appellant.

R.G. Heckenkamp and W.J. Simhauser, of Springfield, for appellees.

JONES, J.

This appeal presents the question of the liability of a landowner for injury and damage caused by cattle which have strayed from land under lease or license to the owner and keeper of the cattle. Plaintiff-administrator brought an action for wrongful death, property damage and funeral expenses charging the landowner with (1) being an "owner or keeper" within the purview of section 1 of the Animal Act, Ill Rev Stats 1965, c 8, and (2) negligence in leasing...

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