Young v. West
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for damages to crops. Appeal from the County Court of McLean county; the Hon. R. A. Russell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
This is a suit by appellee against appellant to recover damages to crops, resulting from the alleged improper and negligent tiling by appellant of land occupied by appellee as a tenant of Mrs. Schurtz. There was a verdict and judgment in the court below against appellant for $70.
Appellant is the owner of 90 acres of land lying adjacent to and on the east side of a public highway, and Mrs. Schurtz is the owner of 40 acres of land lying adjacent to and on the west side of said highway. The natural drainage of surface water on appellant’s land is westward across the highway on the land of Mrs.…
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