Swigert v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Johnson county; the Hon. William W. Clemens, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McBride
Appellee recovered a judgment against appellant for $550 on account of the depreciation in value of certain farm lands owned by her, and occasioned, as she claims, by the improper construction of the grade or embankment upon which appellant’s track is located, adjacent to her land.
A portion of appellee’s lands lies in the Cache River Valley, and the gist of each count of the declaration is that said lands were formerly drained by the Cache River; that such drainage kept the lands of appellee free from all injurious and damaging excesses of water; that in constructing its,grades and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kankakee & Seneca Railroad v. HoranIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Culbertson & Blair Packing & Provision Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Fenton & Thompson Railroad v. AdamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Wills v. BabbIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Daum v. CooperIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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