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Marlow v. Malone

Case Date: 07/31/2000
Court: 4th District Appellate
Docket No: 4-99-1024 Rel

3 August 2000

NO. 4-99-1024

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT


FLETA R. MARLOW, H. GLENN MARLOW,
KATHRYN SRONCE, JANICE NIBLACK, DONNA
LEVITAS, and HAROLD W. MARLOW,
                             Plaintiffs-Appellants,
                             v.
LAVERNE MALONE, SHARON MALONE,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, and BERTHA ALICE
EDWARDS,
                             Defendants-Appellees,
                             and
DARRELL MILLER,
                             Defendant.		 Appeal from
Circuit Court of
De Witt County
No. 93L10





Honorable
John P. Shonkwiler,
Judge Presiding.
 

JUSTICE MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

In May 1993, plaintiffs, Fleta R. Marlow, H. GlennMarlow, Kathryn Sronce, Janice Niblack, Donna Levitas, and HaroldW. Marlow, filed a complaint against defendants, LaVerne Malone,Sharon Malone, William C. Edwards, Bertha Alice Edwards, andDarrell Miller, asking the trial court to quiet title regarding arailroad right-of-way. In December 1998, the trial court dismissedplaintiffs' second-amended complaint with prejudice for failure tostate a cause of action. 735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 1998). Plaintiffsappeal, claiming that the trial court erred when it misinterpretedsection 912 of Title 43 of the United States Code (section 912) (43U.S.C.