Cook v. Sanitary District

The question of law in this case is, to whom did the buildings, etc., upon certain premises condemned for the uses of the appellee, belong ? The land itself was the property of the appellant, by devise from his father, as tenants of whom the firm of A. S. Piper & Co. had held the land for several years before 1883, and during such tenancy had placed upon the land a large stable and hay barn, dwelling, corn crib, cowhouse, some fences, well, pump and drinking trough. Mo distinction is attempted here by either party, between the different things described. Movember 1, 1883, one of the firm,…