POWELL v. VILLAGE OF MT. ZION

No. 15861.

88 Ill. App.3d 406 (1980)

410 N.E.2d 525

WILLIAM GLENN POWELL, JR., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE VILLAGE OF MT. ZION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed September 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Mancuso, Jr., of Whitley, Suter & Mancuso, of Decatur, for appellants.

Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur (Keith W. Casteel, of counsel), for appellee Village of Mt. Zion.

Welsh, Kehart & Shafter, P.C., of Decatur (A. James Shafter and Charles C. Hughes, of counsel), for appellee Peter Mellinger.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs appeal the trial court's order dismissing their second amended complaint. The plaintiffs own homes in Mt. Zion, Illinois; they alleged that the defendants' negligence caused a sanitary sewer to back up, flooding their basements.

• 1 The trial court's order was general, not specifying any grounds for the decision. Thus we must review every issue raised...

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