Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. Tetherington
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. R. D. W. Holder, Judge, presiding. Heard In this court at the February term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court. '
This was ah action in case, in the Circuit Court of Madison county, by appellee against appellant, to recover damages for injury to appellee’s land alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $1,500.
The declaration consists of three counts. The first charges that appellant wrongfully and negligently placed a dump for the refuse matter from its coal washer in such place that when heavy rains and water came, coal slack, slate, sulphur and other substances were carried into a stream…
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