St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Ry. Ass'n v. Schultz
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. MoyERS, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
In the city court of East St. Louis appellee,recovered a judgment against appellant for the sum of $999 for damages occasioned by the flooding of farm land, resulting, as he contends, from a grade constructed by appellant which wrongfully interfered with the natural course of drainage. That judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, andj a certificate of importance having been allowed, the cause'comes to this court by appeal.
A tract of land known as Carr Island lies along the Mississippi river, in St. - Clair county. The so-called island is separated from the…
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