Sterling Hydraulic Co. v. Galt

This was an action on the case brought- by appellee against appellant to recover for damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of the flooding of his premises, by the raising of a dam in the Rock River by appellant in 1895.

The declaration sets forth that the plaintiff was for twenty years or more, the owner of certain premises bounded on the north by the right of way of the Chicago & Worth-western Railway Company, and on the south by the Rock River, in Whiteside county, and fully described therein; that as such owner, the plaintiff therein was entitled to the stone in the bed…