Wolf v. State
Court of Claims of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yantis
Claimant herein asks an award of $875.00 for damages claimed to have been occasioned by flood waters, resulting- in loss and damage to stock and grain on the farm owned by the Henry Wolf estate on which claimant was a tenant. The Declaration filed herein avers that the loss occurred on October 11, 1931, and was due to the fact that when the embankment for laying the slab on Route 40 in the North West Quarter of Section 4, Township 21, N. R. 7 East of the 4th P. M. in Whiteside County, Illinois, was built, that same was constructed without culverts to admit the passage of flood waters under…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BethelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1882
- Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. v. BartonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890