Bradbury v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage District

The circuit court of Fayette county sustained the demurrer of appellee, the Vandalia Levee and Drainage District, to the amended declaration of appellants, John Bradbury and Mary Bradbury, filed in this action of trespass on the case for damages to appellants’ lands, resulting from the construction by appellee of a levee along the Kaskaskia river and across the bottom lands to the bluffs bordering on the same. Appellants stood by their declaration, whereupon judgment was rendered against them for costs, and on appeal to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District the judgment was affirmed.…