Legal Opinion

Bailey v. McCain

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1879PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This was a bill for an injunction, brought by the owners of lands affected, against the commissioners of highways, to restrain them from changing a county road under an order made for that purpose. It is alleged the lands owned by complainants are improved, and inclosed with good fences; that the road about to be changed has been used and worked for over twenty years, and that complainants have built their houses and fences to the road as it was originally laid outf and the purposed change will require them to move their fences and subject them to other great inconveniences.

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2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Caldwell v. MoffattAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
  2. Crouse v. WhitlockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
  3. Whittaker v. GutheridgeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894

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