Nance v. State

This case comes on for hearing on a claim for damages regarding a stolen automobile. The Claimant claimed that his car was stolen the night of October 22, 1980, by two youths who escaped from the Dixon Springs Correctional Center. The youths were apprehended in Springfield, Illinois, and the Claimant’s car was found not far from the apartment where the boys were apprehended.

The Claimant sought damages in the sum of $717.66 for damages to his automobile. The amount of damages to his car was not seriously contested.

However, at the hearing held on July 14, 1982, the Claimant clearly failed to…