Spring Valley Coal Co. v. City of Spring Valley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for property destroyed by a mob. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. J üstice ' Crabtree
delivered the opinion op the Court.
This suit was, in form, an action on the case, brought by appellant against appellee to recover damages for the loss of property destroyed by a mob in the city of Spring-Yalley, on the night of July" 6, 1894.
The statute under which this action is brought, was passed in 1887, and in force July 1, 1887, and is entitled : “An act to indemnify the owners of property for damages occasioned by mobs and riots.” Such portions of the statute as are applicable to the case at bar are as follows :
Section 1. “ Whenever any building or other real or…
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