Kreis v. Olsen

Plaintiffs, purchasers of real estate registered under the Torrens system,1 brought this class action in order to recover money damages from the recorder of deeds and Cook County for failing to issue mortgagee’s duplicate certificates of title in a timely manner. Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action was granted and the complaint was dismissed with prejudice.

On appeal, plaintiffs argue that as their complaint states a cause of action, the trial court erred in dismissing their action.

On December 29, 1980, plaintiffs Bobby D. Kreis and Susan M. Kreis, individually…