Legal Opinion

Payne v. Mill Race Inn

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 5, 1987No. 2-85-1063PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hopf

Plaintiff, Joan Payne, d/b/a Cross Country Ski Shop, appeals from the order of the circuit court which dismissed her breach of contract action against defendants, Mill Race Inn and John Mitchell, for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615). For the reasons set forth below we reverse.

On June 20, 1984, the plaintiff filed her original two-count complaint against Mill Race Inn (Mill Race) and John Mitchell. In count I she alleged that the defendants breached an agreement to purchase her business.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Morrow v. L. A. Goldschmidt Associates, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Wilson v. Illinois Benedictine CollegeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  3. Gary-Wheaton Bank v. MeyerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  4. Mid-Town Petroleum, Inc. v. DineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  5. Anastaplo v. RadfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1958

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3Cited by57 opinions

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  2. Dresser Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Pyrrhus Ag, Formerly Known as Pyrrhus Handels AgCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  3. Hubble v. O'CONNORAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
  4. Loewen Group International, Incorporated v. William J. HaberichterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  5. Monetti, S.P.A., and Melform U.S.A., Inc. v. Anchor Hocking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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