Velde Ford Sales, Inc. v. John Bearce Ford, Inc.

Suit was brought by Velde Ford Sales, Inc., against John Bearce Ford, Inc., and Ford Motor Company, Inc., on February 18, 1988, pursuant to section 12 of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 121V2, par. 751 et seq.). Velde sought declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the proposed relocation of defendant John Bearce Ford.

We dismissed a prior interlocutory appeal brought by the proposed intervenor, University Ford of Peoria, on the ground that appellate jurisdiction was lacking. (Velde Ford Sales, Inc. v. John Bearce Ford, Inc. (1989), 194 Ill. App. 3d 951,…