LaSalle County Carbon Coal Co. v. Sanitary District

The LaSalle County Carbon Coal Company, á corporation, brought this action against the* defendant, the Sanitary District of Chicago, in the circuit court of LaSalle county, to recover damages for permanent injuries to real estate the plaintiff claimed to own, and which the declaration alleged had been caused to be overflowed by the defendant by waters brought by it from Lake Michigan through the Desplaines river into the Illinois river by means of its channel connecting the waters of Lake Michigan with the Desplaines river, which empties into' the Illinois river. The declaration was filed…