Whitby v. Associates Discount Corp.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Francis 0. Whit-by and Nancy Whitby, from an order of the Circuit Court of Peoria County, dismissing their complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Plaintiffs’ complaint contains two counts, Count I seeking recovery for libel and slander against Associates Discount Corporation and Rossetter Motor Company, defendants, and Count II seeking recovery for malicious conversion against Associates Discount Corporation, defendant.

According to the plaintiffs’ complaint, this controversy arose ont of a transaction between the plaintiffs and Bossetter Motor…