Legal Opinion

Totel v. Bonnefoy

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1888PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. George W. Stipp, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

This is a bill filed on April 17,1882, in the circuit court of La Salle county by appellant, to prevent the appellees from damming up and obstructing a ditch extending across their lands from appellant’s land, and through which the surface water on appellant’s land was drained off into a neighboring creek. Appellant claims a natural and prescriptive easement in the ditch in question. The circuit court dissolved the injunction, which had been issued, and dismissed the bill, and its decree has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.

Appellee, Bonnefoy, owns the west half of the north-west quarter…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Peck v. HerringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Vail v. MixIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Clough v. WingArizona Supreme Court · 1888
  2. North Point Consolidated Irrigation Co. v. Utah & Salt Lake Canal Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Wessels v. ColebankIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Illinois State Bank v. NeeceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  5. Ribordy v. PellachoudAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888

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