Ramey v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appejae from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright
On August 6, 1906, the appellees, who were lessees of a farm known as the Brooks farm, lying north of and near the railroad of appellant, in St. Clair county, brought this action of trespass on the case against appellant to recover damages by reason of overflow on the eastern part of said farm in the years 1905 and 1906, alleged to have been caused by negligent and wrongful acts of the appellant in changing the direction of a natural water-course. The declaration contained two counts, the first relating to the year 1905 and the second to the year 1906. The defendant pleaded the general issue…
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