Legal Opinion

Cottrell v. Cates

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 21, 1896Published

Bill for Relief.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan County; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Boggs

delivered the opinion oe the Court.

The question involved in the case is whether appellants have a perpetual easement in the lands of appellee.

A perpetual easement is a freehold interest in land. Tinker v. Forbes, 138 Ill. 234; Goudy v. Lake View, 31 Ill. App. 653.

Jurisdiction to entertain the appeal is in the Supreme Court, not the Appellate Court. The appeal must be, and is, dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.