Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Ramey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the. Fourth District;— heard in that court on- appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair, county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This is an action for negligence in constructing and maintaining an embankment for a railroad track over the bottom .lands bordering a water-course, whereby water that would otherwise have flowed away was backed and thrown upon lands possessed by the plaintiff, and his crops growing thereon were damaged. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and upon 'the trial endeavored to prove that the backing of the water ■upon the lands possessed by the plaintiff and doing the injury complained of was caused by an.extraordinary rainfall.
At the request of the defendant the court submitted the following…
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