Legal Opinion

Town of Saratoga v. Jacobson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 27, 1914No. Gen. No. 5,926Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice

Carnes delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of injunction rendered on an amended bill filed by the Commissioner of Highways of the Towns of Lisbon and Saratoga against the appellants, Susan and Richard Duckworth, and the appellees Benjamin Jacobson and Hendrick Hendrickson, in matter of tile drainage of lands affecting a public road.

The township of Lisbon in Kendall county lies north of and adjoining the township of Saratoga in Grundy county. There is a public highway, established in 1856, between the two towns, which is under the control and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Peck v. HerringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Young v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Fenton & Thompson Railroad v. AdamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Funston v. HoffmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Town of Crooked Creek v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

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