Coal Creek Drainage & Levee District v. Sanitary District

Appellee, the Coal Creek Drainage and Levee District, a corporation organized under the Levee act, brought in the circuit court of Schuyler county an action of trespass on the case against appellant, the Sanitary District of Chicago, to recover damages for injuries to the levees, ditches, pumping plant and other works of appellee, alleged to have been sustained by reason of appellant causing the same to be illegally flooded and for-money which appellee was obliged to expend by reason of alleged wrongful acts of appellant. After considerable pleading, issues were joined and a jury trial had,…