City of Elgin v. Eaton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Hiram H. Cody, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by the appellee against the appellant, to recover damages for injuries claimed to have been occasioned by the grading of Jackson and Bridge streets, in Elgin, along and in front of the plaintiff’s premises.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The city of Elgin, by ordinance, required Jackson and Bridge streets to be brought to grade, and in prosecuting the work it was brought below the base of appellee’s house, and when the grade of the street was completed, the level of the street would be about six feet lower than the ground on which his house stood. And it appears that to remove the house back farther from the streets, and to grade his yard so as to come to the level of the streets, would cost from $700 to $1000, but it also appears that the property would then be enhanced to a greater value than its present worth and the cost…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Chicago & Pacific Railroad v. FrancisIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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