Williams v. Owen

JUERGENS, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint. They allege that Counts I, III and V of the complaint are based on the provisions of Section 125, Chapter 38, Illinois Revised Statutes, and under the provisions of said statute liability is limited to $500, and that in Counts II, IV and VI the plaintiffs assert a common law action for which there is no foundation under Illinois law.

The defendants have also filed a motion to dismiss and for default judgment. The latter motion is bottomed on the failure of the plaintiffs to answer…