Winkler v. Meister
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error, to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action of trespass quare clcrnsum fregit, brought by George Winkler, in the Woodford Circuit Court, against Mary Meister, George Meister and Adam Meister, to recover compensation for injury sustained, by digging a ditch on his land, which flowed water from their land over his. The declaration contained six counts, stating the trespass in different modes. Defendants filed the general issue; a plea of license; a plea of the statute of limitations; and a plea that George and Adam Meister were minors. Eeplications were filed traversing the averments of these several pleas, and issue…
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