Broadwell Special Drainage District No. 1 v. Lawrence
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding. This is a bill brought by the Broadwell Drainage District No. 1 against Arthur Lawrence, in the circuit court of Logan county, to restrain Lawrence from connecting certain lands belonging to him with the tile drains of the district, and to compel him to discontinue a certain tile drain heretofore put in by said Lawrence connecting the south 80 acres of his lands with the drainage tile of the district. The circuit court, upon a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
Before proceeding to a consideration of the questions of law involved, important matters of fact require attention. This being a chancery case, the facts are open for consideration here notwithstanding the affirmance of the decree below by the Appellate Court.
Much testimony was heard at the trial directed to three questions: (1) Did the drain which appellant put in, connecting what is called the south 80, take water from the Lawrence ditch and convey it to the drainage ditch? (2) Was the Lawrence ditch inside or outside of the boundary-lines of the drainage district? (3) Did the water in a…
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