Voss v. Chicago Sandoval Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Thomas M. Jett, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
This was an action brought by appellee against appellant, in the Circuit Court of Marion county, for the pollution of a watercourse or stream. A trial was had by a jury and judgment rendered for $160 and costs, to reverse which the appellant prosecutes this appeal.
It is disclosed by the record in this case that, at some time during the summer of 1910, the Lake Oil Company was prospecting for oil and gas in and near the village of Sandoval, and in drilling a hole they went through the workings of defendant’s coal mine No. 2, located east of the Illinois Central Railroad and near the village of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. SandersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Barrett v. Mount Greenwood Cemetery Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Beidler v. Sanitary DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- City of Kewanee v. OtleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Tetherington v. Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
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