Sanitary District v. Pearce
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass oil tlie Case, for damages to land by overflowing water. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Robert W. Hilscher, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit by appellee to recover for permanent injuries t.o 'her land, alleged to have been caused by the overflowing of the same by water turned into the Desplaines river, by appellant, from the Chicago drainage channel. The tract is located on said river and contains about twenty-four acres, some fourteen acres of which are alleged to have been destroyed for all beneficial purpose by the wrongful acts of appellant.
There was a verdict for plaintiff below for $3,200, and, a motion for a new trial having been overruled,…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Howell v. MooresIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Harding v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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