Legal Opinion

Savoie v. Town of Bourbonnais

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 15, 1950No. Gen. 10,382PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bristow

Plaintiff, Fred Savoie, is appealing from a judgment of the circuit court of Kankakee county dismissing his complaint for damages and for a mandatory injunction to compel defendants to repair and maintain a drainage ditch, which had diverted waters from flooding-plaintiff’s land. The defendants designated in the complaint include the Town of Bourbonnais, its former highway commissioners, Charles De Long and Victor Fraser, individually and officially; the County of Kankakee, its superintendent of highways, Harold D. Tyson, individually and officially; and the adjoining landowners, Didier…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hollenbeck v. County of WinnebagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  2. County of Cook v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Mauvaisterre Drainage & Levee District v. Wabash Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Wessels v. ColebankIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Nixon v. WelchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Knox College v. Celotex Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Adams v. J. I. Case Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1970
  3. Coomer v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  4. Holda v. County of KaneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  5. Goldman v. QuadratoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955

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