Town of Lake v. Bok

This is an action by the appellee against the town for obstructing the flow of surface water from his land, by raising a street. This is a cause of action in this State, though great differences of opinion on the subject exist elsewhere. Gormley v. Sanford, 52 Ill. 158; Gillliam v. Madison R. R. Co., 49 Ill. 484; Angell on Watercourses, Sec. 108 et seq. The fact whether the land of appellee was affected,as he claimed, was settled by the verdict of the jury, upon conflicting evidence, in his favor.

There is in the case an erroneous instruction as to the measure of damages, which seems to have…