Weidner v. Lund
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass, quare clausum fregit.— Three cases consolidated. Appeals from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case originated in three actions of trespass begun before a justice of the peace. For the purposes of trial the actions were consolidated, substantially all the facts of one case being applicable to the others. The controversy arose out of the action of certain officers of the village of Dalton in removing fences, which the respective plaintiffs claim were upon land belonging to them; the village officers insisting that the fences were in a public street and constituting obstructions thereto which were by them properly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Town of Brushy Mound v. McClintockIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Village of Dolton v. DoltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
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