Kankakee & Seneca Railroad v. Horan

This was an action on the case brought by the appellee against the appellants, to recover damages for alleged permanent injuries to his farm of 240 acres, the farm, at the time the injuries are alleged to have been committed, being in the exclusive possession and occupation of the son of appellee, Frank Horan, as tenant. Frank Horan brought suit against thq appellants to recover damages for hindering him from cultivating portions of this farm, and for injury to and destruction of his growing crops, by the flooding, of his lands, alleged to have been occasioned by a diversion of the water from…