Vette v. Sanitary District

On February 9, 1911, Henry Vette, appellee, brought an action on the case in the superior court of Cook county against the Sanitary District of Chicago to recover damages to his farm lands, alleged to have been occasioned by waters from the canal constructed byr the sanitary district. The declaration as originally filed consisted of two counts. The first count was dismissed and the trial proceeded upon the second 'count, which, after setting up the incorporation of ' the sanitary district and the construction and completion of the drainage canal for 'the purpose of turning the waters of the…