HARDWARE STATE BANK v. COTNER

No. 11477.

7 Ill. App.3d 212 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 13

HARDWARE STATE BANK, as Admr. of the Estate of Jerry Lee Kidwell, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDWARD COTNER, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied September 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Horsley, William E. Larrabee, and Richard F. Record, Jr., all of Craig and Craig, of Mattoon, for appellant.

Harlan Heller and Dale A. Cini, both of Ryan and Heller, of Mattoon, for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

This is another farm accident power take-off case where the plaintiff's decedent was killed when he became involved with a power take-off on a tractor. He left surviving a widow, who remarried shortly after a year from his death, and a son who was adopted by the defendant before trial in this case. The complaint was one for wrongful death and a second count for the recovery of funeral...

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