Seats v. State

OPINION

Sommer, C.J.

This is a prisoners claim for lost property. The parties agree that the property was lost while in the exclusive possession of the State. When the Claimant was transferred from one institution to another, an inventoried box of his property was missing and never found. The State admits liability under the doctrine of Doubling v. State (1976), 32 Ill. Ct. Cl. 1.

The only dispute is over the value of the property that was lost. Items lost included a color television set, court transcripts, pencils (15), law books (3), eyeglasses, books (6), playing cards (2), briefcases (2), a…