Staley v. Commissioner of Highways
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of White county; the Hon. Julius C. Keen, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1919. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eagleton
Lost Creek Drainage District is organized under the Levee Act and lies in Hamilton and White counties. It lies in part in the Town of Enfield, White county.
Appellee, Samuel S. Staley, who was the petitioner in the court below, is the owner of certain lands situated in the Town of Enfield on which he resides with his family. Enfield is the nearest market for appellee, and a public road, for public and private use, lies between the home of appellee and Enfield. This road crosses a certain creek called Lost Creek at a point between the home of appellee and Enfield, and a bridge had been…
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- Council of Glencoe v. People ex rel. OwenIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Brokaw v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- City of Ottawa v. People ex rel. CatonIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- People ex rel. Burow v. BlockIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
- People ex rel. Corey v. Comrs. of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
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