Redebaugh v. State

On May 18, 1955, claimants filed their complaint in this Court for damages suffered by reason of a fire in their home. The complaint was thereafter amended on April 16, 1956. It alleges that the fire was set by three boys, who escaped from the Dixon State School, and that said escape occurred by reason of the negligence of respondent.

The record consists of the complaint, Departmental Report, report of the proceedings, and Commissioner’s Report.

The facts of the case are as follows:

On October 9, 1954, Leroy Durman, George Norris and Richard Hannan, inmates of the Dixon State School, escaped…