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Elmer Decker v. State of Illinois

35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 392 Illinois Court of Claims Filed 1982-05-10 No. 82-CC-1537
Disposition: (No. 82-CC-1537-Claimantawarded $331.65.) Award: $331.65 Agency: Menard Correctional Center
Cite as: Elmer Decker v. State of Illinois, 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 392 (1982)

ELMER DECKER, Claimant, u. THE STATE OF ILLINOLS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant sought damages to his wheat field caused by cattle from the Menard Correctional Center that broke free and trampled the crop. The court awarded the claimed amount of $331.65 based on a professional appraisal.

Claim type: Property Damage

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Headnotes

  1. TYRONE C. FAHNER, Attorney General (WILLIAM WEBBER, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.
  2. STlPULATIONS-dQmaged crops-escaped animals from State institution. Claimant was granted an award based on a stipulation as to the damage done to Claimant’s wheat field when cattle belonging to a State correctional center escaped and trampled and ate the immature wheat.

ELMER DECKER, pro se, for Claimant.

ROE, C.J.

This cause coming on to be heard on the Respondent’s stipulation and the Court being fully advised in the premises finds that this is a claim for damages to Claimant’s wheat field, which damages were sustained as the result of the cattle belonging to the Menard Correctional Center being allowed to break free from the Menard Correctional Institutional farm and trample and eat the immature wheat field of the Claimant. In all, some 50 to 60 cattle were free for an unspecified period of time. The damages claimed were arrived at by deducting the actual harvest from the value placed on the field by a professional agriculture appraiser.

It is therefore ordered that this Claimant be and is hereby granted an award, as claimed, in the amount of $331.65.

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