Brown v. Galesburg Pressed Brick & Tile Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
This was an action on the case, brought by the Galesburg Pressed Brick and Tile Company against George W. Brown, to recover damages to the plaintiff’s property caused by the breaking of a dam kept and maintained by the defendant. The declaration alleges that, on the 1st day of April, 1887, the plaintiff, in the prosecution of its lawful business, had, near the head of a stream of water in Knox county called Court Creek, a coal shaft, a large amount of wood, a great number of valuable tools and several brick kilns, kiln sheds and machinery, and other articles of property connected with its…
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