Young v. Commissioners of Highways
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. A. A. Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, brought by William Young, to enjoin the commissioners of highways of the town of Maquon, in Knox county, from digging a ditch along the south side of the highway adjoining the lands of the complainant, extending from what is known as the “east Harper drain” to the “west Harper drain,” a distance of about forty-five rods, and to restrain them from diverting surface waters from their natural •channel, and…
1Per curiam
On the hearing a plat was put in evidence,
which shows the road in controversy, the owners of lands along the line of the road, the location of the ditch in question, and tending to show the direction in which the surface water naturally flows from the line of the highway. The plat was marked “Exhibit A,” and is as follows:
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The road shown by the plat is two miles long, running from the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of section 14, and the north-west corner of the north-west quarter of section 23, in Maquon township, to the west line of Salem township. In the spring or…
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