Stoddard v. Keefe
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
Plaintiff in error, R. B. Stoddard, filed his petition for mandamus in the circuit court of Whiteside county against defendants in error, Daniel Keefe, Francis O’Neil and Walter Cooney, drainage commissioners of Drainage District No. 1 of Hahnaman township, in that county, to compel them, as such drainage commissioners, to deepen, widen and straighten a certain portion of the drainage ditch, being its outlet into Green river, so that the same would be of sufficient depth, width and capacity to furnish ample and sufficient drainage for plaintiff in error’s land. Defendants in error answered…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peotone & Manteno Union Drainage District No. 1 v. AdamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- People ex rel. Vaughn v. WelchIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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- People Ex Rel. Mann v. AllenIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
- Kendall v. MontgomeryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921
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