Zinser v. Sanitary District
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Oertiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
B. F. Zinser sued the Sanitary District of Chicago to recover damages for injuries which he alleged were caused to 440 acres of his farm in the Illinois river bottom across the river from Chillicothe and a couple of miles below, His declaration alleged permanent injuries to the land by the overflow of said land by waters flowing into the Illinois river through the channel of the Sanitary District. Numerous pleas were filed and issues were joined thereon except one plea and upon a jury trial Zinser had a verdict of $15,000. A…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Suehr v. Sanitary DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Justen v. SchaafIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Suehr v. Sanitary DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
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- Hunter v. Sanitary DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
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