Anderson v. Henderson
Appellate Court of Illinois
In error to the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. O. T. Beeves, Judge, presiding.
1Per curiam
Anderson is tenant for life of the southwest quarter and Henderson owner in fee of the southeast quarter of section 6 in the Town of Towanda. The south part of each is low and marshy. Henderson claimed that parallel with their dividing line and about 600 feet distant, in the Anderson tract, is a ridge which, though slight, is sufficient to prevent the water west of it from flowing east on him, unless the natural outlet southwest is obstructed or the amount collected very unusually heavy. Anderson claims that this water naturally flows both southwest and southeast, and that there is no such…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peck v. HerringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Comm'rs of Highways of Pre-emption v. WhitsittAppellate Court of Illinois · 1884
- Wagner v. ChaneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1886