Legal Opinion

Town of Bois D'Arc v. Convery

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1912PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appear from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. Thomas M. Jett, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand

This was a bill in chancery filed by the appellee against the appellant, in the circuit court of Montgomery'county, to enjoin the appellant from obstructing a natural watercourse at the point where it crosses one of the public highways of the said town and to require him to remove an obstruction which he had placed in said water-course. An answer and replication were filed, a trial was had before the court and a decree wás entered in accordance with the prayer of the bill. The defendant has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

Three propositions are urged in this court as grounds of reversal:…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peck v. HerringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Hunt v. SainIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Pinkstaff v. SteffyIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Ribordy v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Pelham Phosphate Co. v. DanielsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  2. Marine Trust Co. v. ReynoldsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  3. City of Independence Ex Rel. Flournoy v. DickinsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. People ex rel. Road District No. 12 v. Cache River Drainage DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1929

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