Jonatat v. State

Claimants bring this action to recover damages to a home and personal property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jonatat allegedly caused by the escape of two inmates from the Illinois State Training School for Boys at St. Charles, Illinois. Neither the facts nor the amount of damages are in dispute.

One of the claimants, Mr. Kurt Jonatat, testified that on or about February 7,1967, he was in Florida on a vacation. On that day, he received a call from his daughter telling him that his house had been broken into and that he should come home immediately. Upon returning home, he found his house in shambles,…