Cates v. City of Bloomington

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Vera Cates and Forrest Cates, minors, drowned when a boat in which they were riding on Lake Bloomington sank. , The administrator of their estates filed suit in the circuit court of McLean county against the City of Bloomington, and Harold Sims and Catherine Sims, employees of the city. The defendants filed motions to strike plaintiff’s amended complaint and to dismiss the action, which were allowed by the court. Plaintiff has appealed to this court.

Plaintiff’s amended complaint alleged among other things that the City of Bloomington owned land acquired by it in 1931 for waterworks…