Legal Opinion
Matich v. Gerdes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 1, 1990No. 4-89-0405PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This appeal turns upon the proper measure of damages for the owners of a barn destroyed by a fire negligently caused by a tortfeasor. The bam lay on a 1.6-acre tract. It was very old but had been restored and decorated by the plaintiff owners after they purchased the tract in 1972. The predominate use of the barn was for the personal pleasure of the owners and their family and it had some but not great agricultural use. The precise question to be decided is whether the measure of damages is the cost of restoration minus depreciation, or the diminution in the actual fair cash market value of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Freeman v. Chicago Transit AuthorityIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Wheeler v. Sunbelt Tool Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1989
- McCormack v. HaanIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- Myers v. ArnoldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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