Bernhardt v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George A. Crow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shirley
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action by appellee to recover damages for the alleged wrongful erection of its railroad embankment with insufficient openings for the passage of surface waters whereby appellee’s lands were rendered less fit for. the cultivation of crops for a period of five years prior to the filing of the suit. A jury returned a verdict for appellee for the sum of $780 upon which there was a judgment.
Appellant interposed a plea of the general issue and in addition thereto a plea of limitations that the cause of action did not accrue…
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