Canteen Hunting & Fishing Ass'n v. Schwartz
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creighton
This was an action in case, in the Circuit Court of Madison county, by appellees against appellant, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful obstruction of a stream of water flowing through appellees ’ premises. Trial by jury. Verdict in favor of appellees for $750. Remittitur of $250. Judgment on the verdict for $500.
The amended declaration upon which the case was tried consists of four counts. In substance these counts charge that appellees owned in fee simple and were in possession of fifty-one acres of land; that the natural channel of Cahokia creek passed through this land; that in…
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