Haigh v. Lenfesty
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Frank L,. Hooper, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Kankakee county dismissing for want of equity a bill for injunction and other relief, brought by appellant against the appellees.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Frank L,. Hooper, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Kankakee county dismissing for want of equity a bill for injunction and other relief, brought by appellant against the appellees. The bill alleges that appellant is the owner of one hundred and eighty-nine acres of farm land in Aroma township, adjoining the Kankakee river on the north side thereof; that appellees are the owners of a strip of land containing fourteen acres, lying on both sides of said river and immediately below that of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The material facts with reference to the construction of the dams are as follows: In July, 1850, A. M. Wylie bought of members of the Pottawattamie Indian Nation two sections of land on the Kankakee river, known as the Mesawkequa reservation. The fourteen acres now owned by appellees and the land owned by appellant were a part of said reservation and owned by said Wylie in 1852. February 7, 1852, Wylie and his wife deeded to A. and S. Wilber the fourteen acres now owned by the appellees. On the same day, as a part of the same transaction, Wylie executed and delivered to the said Wilbers the…
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