Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Willi
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for damages occasioned by obstructing the flow of water. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. Benjamin B. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Sample
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee recovered damages to his crops caused by overflow of water, resulting, as alleged, from an insufficient culvert in the road bed of appellant, and insufficient ditches along said road bed.
That the appellee’s-crops were injured by an overflow of water is not disputed. The amount of the damages caused thereby is in controversy. That the culvert was only one foot in diameter, and the water causing the damage stood about two and one-half feet above the culvert, which was one foot above the bottom of the ditch, is proven.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
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