Legal Opinion

Kankakee & Seneca Railroad v. Horan

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1890PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was an action on the case, brought by Owen Horan against the Kankakee and Seneca Eailroad Company and the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Eailway Company, to recover damages to the plaintiff’s estate in reversion in certain lands, caused by the obstruction of a natural watercourse and the diversion of the water therefrom to and upon said lands. The declaration contains six counts. The first, second and sixth counts allege, in substance, that at the time of the commission of the grievances thereinafter mentioned, a certain farm in Grundy county, containing 210 acres of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. LoebIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Roth v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Smith v. Heirs of JacksonIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Dunham v. DunhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. People ex rel. GrimwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Chicago North Shore Street Railway Co. v. PayneIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Strange v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Ayrshire Coal Co. v. Property Tax Appeal BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974

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