Bell v. Mattoon Waterworks & Reservoir Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. M. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action brought by plaintiff to recover from the defendant, Mattoon Waterworks and Eeservoir Company, for alleged damages to property owned by plaintiff lying adjacent to lands taken by the defendant company by right of eminent domain for the purpose of establishing a reservoir to supply the city of Mattoon with water.
Plaintiff was the owner of one hundred and thirty-eight acres located in sections four, five, and nine, town eleven, north range seven east of the 3rd P. M. The defendant company was incorporated for the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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