Meredosia Lake Drainage & Levee District v. Sanitary District

This was a suit in trespass on the case. Praecipe was filed March 30,1927; summons was served April 6, 1927, returnable to the October, A. D. 1927, term of the circuit court of Cass county.

The suit was brought by The Meredosia Lake Drainage and Levee District, for convenience, hereinafter referred to a;s “appellee,” against The Sanitary District of Chicago, hereinafter referred to as “appellant,” to recover damages for injuries to the works and property of appellee caused by the flood waters of the Illinois River during the years of 1922 and 1920.

The original declaration, consisting of three…