Hyde Park Thomson-Houston Light Co. v. Porter

This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for depreciation in the value of appellee’s lot and residence, adjoining the electric light plant of the appellant, situated near the corner of 53d street and Cornell avenue, in the city of Chicago.

The declaration, which comprised three counts practically alike, except as to their descriptions of the electric plant and the plaintiff’s property, is, briefly, to the effect that the plaintiff owned a certain lot and residence; that the defendant corporation erected and operated an electric plant on…