Dick & Bros. Quincy Brewing Co. v. City of Quincy

Plaintiff in error, the Dick Bros. Quincy Brewing Company, recovered a judgment for $900 in the circuit court of Adams county against defendant in error, the city of Quincy, as damages to its property, caused by the lowering of the grade of a street in front of the property. The judgment was reversed by the Appellate Court upon the ground that it was excessive, but the case was not remanded, and it is brought to this court upon a writ of certiorari.

The evidence shows that plaintiff in error is the owner of eighty-two and one-half feet of land fronting on the south side of Broadway street, in…