Schmidt v. Landfield

Jay H. Schmidt and Sidney Schmidt, father and son, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against Herman Landfield, seeking damages for fraud allegedly perpetrated by defendant in certain real-estate dealings between the parties. After answer and reply were filed, the court granted a motion by defendant for judgment on the pleadings. Plaintiffs appealed to the Appellate Court, where the judgment was affirmed. (Schmidt v. Landfield, 23 Ill. App. 2d 55.) We have granted plaintiffs’ petition for leave to appeal to this court.

Defendant’s motion in the circuit court was made…