Herrmann v. City of East St. Louis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for damages sustained by the erection of a viaduct. In the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon, Alexander W. Hope, Judge, presiding. Declaration in case; plea of not guilty; trial by jury; verdict of not guilty; error by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the August term, 1894,
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Scofield
delivered the'opinion of the Court.
Henry and John Herrmann sued the city of East St. Louis in an action on the case for damages to their property, situated in that city, arising from the construction of a viaduct in and over the street in front of their property for the use of the traveling public in crossing Cahokia creek and certain railroad tracks. The viaduct in front of the property in question was eighteen feet above the grade of the street and thirty-six feet wide, and was calculated to cut off free access to the property and in many other ways to…
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