Kramer v. McDonald's System, Inc.

This cause was brought in the circuit court of Cook County by Arnold I. Kramer, plaintiff, as a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration of the rights of the parties in certain equipment, inventory, accounts receivable, fixtures and furniture incidental to the operation of a McDonald’s restaurant in Midland, Texas. Moreover, Kramer sought a determination that the defendants, McDonald’s System, Inc., McDonald’s Corporation and a subsidiary, Franchise Realty Interstate Corporation (McDonald’s), the defendants, had converted property in which Kramer had a security interest when…