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21 Ill. Ct. Cl. 245

Harrison v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided May 13, 1952

Court of Claims of Illinois · decided 1952-05-13

Decided 1952-05-13

Delaney, J.

¶1Claimant, Prince Harrison, filed his complaint on July 23, 1951, wherein he alleges damages for the years he was compelled to serve in the Illinois State Penitentiary in violation of his constitutional rights.

¶2On October 24, 1951, respondent filed its motion to strike claimant’s complaint, and dismiss this cause. Thereafter, claimant filed his motion to strike respondent’s motion to dismiss.

¶3We have held in the case of James Montgomery vs. State, No. 4264, that for this Court to have jurisdiction of subject matter of this type the Legislature, by express provision, would have to create an act providing for such a remedy.

¶4The motion of respondent to strike and dismiss this cause is hereby sustained.

¶5Case dismissed.

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