PORTER v. CITY OF DECATUR

No. 11929.

16 Ill. App.3d 1031 (1974)

307 N.E.2d 440

DUDLEY PORTER, Adm'r of the Estate of Benjamin R. Porter, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CITY OF DECATUR, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

February 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Heiss, of Whitley, Suter & Heiss, of Decatur, for appellants.

Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur (Jerald E. Jackson and John E. Fick, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE TRAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from the order of the trial court dismissing their amended complaint with prejudice and entering judgment upon the pleadings for defendant.

The plaintiffs in this action are Dudley Porter, as administrator of the the estate of his son, Benjamin R. Porter, and Dudley Porter, as an individual. Plaintiff, as administrator, seeks recovery for the wrongful death...

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