Moore v. Roberts

On July 14, 1986, the plaintiff Martha Moore filed a seven-count complaint in the circuit court of Cumberland County. During a pretrial hearing, count I against defendant Greg Roberts and count IV against the Greenup Cumberland County Fair Association (Association) were dismissed with prejudice. Both counts were predicated on the Animal Control Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 8, par. 351 et seq.). The question before us is whether the Act is applicable to the facts alleged in the dismissed counts and whether those counts were sufficiently well pleaded to withstand a motion to dismiss.

We…