Schiller Piano Co. v. Illinois Northern Utilities Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ogle county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
This appeal is prosecuted by the Schiller Piano Company from a decree of the circuit court of Ogle county denying the relief prayed in a bill filed by the Schiller Piano •Company against the Illinois Northern Utilities Company and dismissing the bill for want of equity.
The bill alleged, in substance, that appellant is, and has been for more than twenty years, engaged in the manufacture of pianos at Oregon, Illinois, at the west end of a dam there located across Rock river for the purpose of furnishing power for carrying bn various manufacturing enterprises. The dam was alleged to be 924 feet…
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