McDaniel v. School Directors
Appellate Court of Illinois
. Action of forcible detainer. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Stephenson County; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
The school house in Basswood District in Stephenson county had a yard about it, enclosed by a fence. The-premises had been occupied for school, purposes at least thirty years, and the east fence had been in one place for that length of time. On December 10, 1904, John W. McDaniel, owner of the adjoining land,' entered upon the premises and moved the east fence west fifty feet to a point fifteen and one-half feet west of the east line of the school house, thereby taking into his own enclosure all the land in the school yard from the east fence to a line fifteen and one half feet west of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Shoudy v. School Directors, &c.Illinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Wilson v. School DirectorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Alderman v. School DirectorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Ruble v. School District No. 5.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1891