Voudrie v. Southern Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the City Court of Bast St. Louis; the Hon. Mortimer Mxlpabd, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Shirley
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee recovered a judgment against appellant in the City Court of East St. Louis for the sum of $200, from which this appeal is taken. The suit originated before a justice of the peace.
The complaint of appellee was that by the wrongful diversion of the natural flow of surface water by appellant over the land of which he was in possession as a tenant, his potato crop was overflowed and damaged.
The land upon which the potatoes were growing lies west of and adjoining appellant’s road which at this point runs in a north and south…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lambert v. AlcornIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Young v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
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