Legal Opinion

Albright v. Bruner

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 29, 1884PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. John Y. Eustace, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, J.

On appeal from a justice of the peace appellee here recovered in the circuit court a judgment upon verdict for $35, against appellant, for damages by the latter’s cattle to his crops.

The parties owned adjoining lands divided by a fence eighty rods in length, which had been built by appellant some seventeen years before the trial. A verbal agreement was afterward made between him and appellee’s grantor which speci- ■ lied the parts to be maintained by each and provided that they should be kept “in repair.” This agreement being made known to appellee when he acquired his title, was acquiesced…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Enright v. The S.F. & San Jose R.R.California Supreme Court · 1867
  2. D'Arcy v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Toledo & Wabash Railway Co. v. ThomasIndiana Supreme Court · 1862
  4. Comerford v. DupuyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
  5. Scott v. WirshingIllinois Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Leggett v. Illinois Central R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1897
  2. Scott v. JacksonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  3. Collins v. CochranSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. McKee v. TrislerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923

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