Arnold v. City of Centralia

Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee sued appellant for injuries to a house she owned in Centralia, Illinois, seeking to recover under section 256a, ch. 38, Rev. St. (Hurd’s 1912, J. & A. 3917) which provides that: “Whenever any building or other real or personal property, except property in transit, shall be destroyed or injured in consequence of any mob or riot composed of twelve or more persons, the city, or if not in a city, then the county in which such property was destroyed shall be liable to an action by or in behalf of the party whose property was…