City of Mattoon v. Bowles
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—-Trespass on the case. Appeal from a judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of Coles County; the Hon. Francis M. Wright, Circuit Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
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by the Court.
The judgment below was against the appellant city in the sum of $150 for damages occasioned to the premises of the appellee by water caused to flow thereon wrongfully, by reason of certain ditches constructed by the city.
Alleged errors of the court in giving instructions to the jury in behalf of the appellee is assigned for error, but no specific objection to such instructions or any of them is made in the brief, nor does the brief contain any reference to such instructions. Such assignment must be considered waived or abandoned. Seaton v. Ruff, 29 Ill. App. 235.
The only…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Seaton v. RuffAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888