Weber v. City Water Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from' the City Court of Granite City; the Hon. M. R. Sullivan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McBride
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee obtained a. judgment against the appellant for the amount of $357.50, for the loss of a span of mules, which judgment it is sought by this appeal to reverse.
It appears from the record in this case that the Niedringhaus trustees and the appellant are the owners of an island known as Gabaret Island, consisting of about 1,840 acres, which island is formed by a slough coming out from the Mississippi River and extending around and back again into the river, and the slough is on the east, or Granite City, side of the…
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