Claypool Drainage & Levee District v. Chicago & Alton R. R.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Proceedings by Petition, under Sections 60 and 61 of the Drainage Act of 1879. Trial in the County Court of Grundy County; the Hon. A. R: Jordan, Judge, presiding. Finding and judgment for defendant; appeal by petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a proceeding begun by appellant in the court below, under sections 60 and 61 of the drainage act of 1879, by filing a petition averring that the appellant drainage district had theretofore been organized with certain boundaries for the purpose of constructing a drain to improve the land within said boundaries; that appellee’s right of way within said boundaries Was included in said district; that a jury had theretofore been impaneled, and the damages and benefits caused by the proposed improvement had been assessed by it,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- People ex rel. Johnson v. SpringerIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Potwin v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- People v. GillespieAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
- Phœnix Grain & Stock Exchange v. GleasonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
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