Coal Creek Drainage & Levee District v. Sanitary District

This cause is here on certiorari to review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Schuyler county in favor of defendant in error, against plaintiff in error, in the sum of $98,089.62, damages resulting from an alleged unlawful overflowing of the property of defendant in error. The trial court, upon a hearing, fixed the sum of $15,000 as reasonable attorneys’ fees for defendant in error to be taxed as costs, and also an additional fee of $5000 in the event the case should be appealed.

This suit was brought under section 19 of “An…