Ozburn v. Adams
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by Paul B. Adams, against John B. Ozburn, Thomas Ozburn, David W. Ozburn and William Ozburn. The opinion states the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by appellee, against appellants, to recover damages for crops destroyed by the stock of appellants.
The case was commenced before a justice of the peace, where appellee recovered a judgment of $23. Appellants appealed to the circuit court of Stephenson county, where the cause was tried before a jury, and a verdict rendered in favor of appellee for $75.
The facts, as shown by the record, are these: Appellee and appellants occupied adjoining farms, in Stephenson county, separated by a division or partition fence, one-half of which was owned and kept in repair by…
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