Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Baughman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 17, 1887PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian County; the Hon. J. J. Phillips, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWall, J.
This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, by the appellee against the appellants; verdict and judgment for plaintiff below for §395.83.
Three of the appellants, Doyle, Vermillion and Salliday, were Highway Commissioners of Stonington Township, and by operation of law, drainage commissioners of the town.
They assumed to organize a drainage district, and made a contract under which certain ditches were constructed on the lands of the appellee. The other appellants were the contractors and their employes in doing the work.
The entry upon the land and the making of the ditches were the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Blake v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Cowgill v. LongIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
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