Legal Opinion
Hoekstra v. County of Kankakee
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 8, 1977No. 76-536PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs filed suit against the County of Kankakee to recover *28,000 damages for loss of a corn crop due to flooding which allegedly resulted from an improperly constructed highway culvert. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice, and plaintiffs appeal.
In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged that in the spring of 1975 they leased a 70-acre tract of farm land for *20 per acre; that sometime prior to 1975 the highway department of the County of Kankakee built a culvert under an adjacent…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Illinois Power & Light Corp. v. TalbottIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
- County of Mercer v. WolffIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Roe v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
- Bauscher v. City of FreeportAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- People v. FosterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
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