3 August 2000
NO. 4-99-1024
IN THE APPELLATE COURT
OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH DISTRICT
| FLETA R. MARLOW, H. GLENN MARLOW, KATHRYN SRONCE, JANICE NIBLACK, DONNA LEVITAS, and HAROLD W. MARLOW, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAVERNE MALONE, SHARON MALONE, WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, and BERTHA ALICE EDWARDS, Defendants-Appellees, and DARRELL MILLER, Defendant. | Appeal from Circuit Court of De Witt County No. 93L10 Honorable John P. Shonkwiler, Judge Presiding. |
JUSTICE MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:
In May 1993, plaintiffs, Fleta R. Marlow, H. GlennMarlow, Kathryn Sronce, Janice Niblack, Donna Levitas, and HaroldW. Marlow, filed a complaint against defendants, LaVerne Malone,Sharon Malone, William C. Edwards, Bertha Alice Edwards, andDarrell Miller, asking the trial court to quiet title regarding arailroad right-of-way. In December 1998, the trial court dismissedplaintiffs' second-amended complaint with prejudice for failure tostate a cause of action. 735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 1998). Plaintiffsappeal, claiming that the trial court erred when it misinterpretedsection 912 of Title 43 of the United States Code (section 912) (43U.S.C.