Village of Dalton City v. Loving
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case.—Overflow of land by water. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Moultrie County; the Hon. William G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wright
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee brought this suit against appellant before a justice of the peace, claiming damages to his house and premises in consequence of the backing of water thereon, caused, as he alleges, by the negligent construction by appellant of a grade along the public highway adjacent to the premises. The case was appealed by appellant here to the Circuit Court, where a trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for $25, to reverse which it prosecutes this further appeal.
The highway or street upon which the grade…
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