Symonds v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. J. C. Allen, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action on the case, against The Board of Supervisors of Clay county, in this State, to recover for damage done to appellee’s land, by means of fire, which had spread from the poor-farm belonging to Clay county.
The case, in substance, as made bv the proof, was, that Clay county was the owner of a poor-farm, which was controlled by the board of supervisors of the county, through a committee of three persons, designated as the committee on poor-farm; that the committee had employed one Rose as their agent, to carry on the farm and clear up a portion of it, which was in brush, and…
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