Legal Opinion

Lewis v. Drainage Commissioners of Drainage District No. 1

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 5, 1914PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. Morton W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1913.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the Drainage Commissioners of Drainage District No. 1 of the Town of Young America, Edgar county, Illinois, from a judgment in favor of appellee for $4,828.85, recovered for services performed by appellee in repairing and cleaning out a drainage ditch known as “The Grilkey Branch” in a system of drainage averred to be part of the system of appellants.

The bill of exceptions recites that “upon the completion of the evidence in this case and after both the plaintiff and the defendant had rested their respective…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Keating v. SpringerIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Dreyer v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. City of Alton v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. County of LaSalle v. MilliganIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Mutual Protective League v. McKeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hendricks v. GambleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1920

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