Bach v. Ammons
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. George W. Wall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
The trespass complained of in this ease consists of an entry by appellants’ cattle into an uninclosed wheat field belonging to appellee, and the right of recovery depends upon whether, under the circumstances disclosed by the record; appellee was legally bound to maintain a fence around the premises. Whether any such legal obligation existed or not, of course depends upon the several provisions of our statute relating to stock running at large.
The facts in this case, as stipulated by the parties, are, in substance, as follows: At a county election in November, 1872, a majority of the legal…
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- Vogt v. DunleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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