Unger v. Nunda Township Rural Fire Protection District

Plaintiff, Robert M. Unger, filed suit against various parties seeking to recover damages for the destruction by fire of certain trees on property which he was in the process of purchasing under an installment sales contract. He is appealing an order granting defendant Terra Cotta Realty Company (Terra Cotta) summary judgment under section 2 — 1005 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1005.

The pleadings and affidavits filed in this case disclose that on November 15, 1978, plaintiff and his wife, as purchasers, and Oscar Borst, as vendor, entered into an…