deceneed did not ccfWie to i-ip de'>th by coming in cont/act
Dilth the crosf-b'irp. it is true at the cenclitcion the court
eay», "It ie not a d.«ngerouB condition v;ithin the meaning
of tlrie etatute to have o lor entry or - n entry lovrer ^t one
point than ar. other*, v.e rrj/.rrd this lant-viie -e bein^-; ap-
plicftble to entriep in general, but th?»t the Isnf^tiRge used
did not arr,ly to p»n ^^brupt droT> in the rocf vl ere the re-
mainder of it wn? smooth Rnd level, ''ae c-^se r^f Jones 4.
Adams CO. v«. i^-eor^e, 2?7 111., 64, wrs * c^r^xon lav action
for Injuries received by re-'pon ol a Sf-i'.fcing rr.r>f in the
entry, nnd the action vs'^e sustained, -o th'it if it be con-
ceded a« aeterrained by the Jacobe case that an notion for a
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tft*mn<r'
ittKiiki'
Ian ftll>
sn^^ed roof wae not within the t^-rnnff of the raining, In-w, the
Jonce <k Adauiae case in cocaae»ntinf: upon the i'?ictf» y-ith refer-
ence to Rppellee'* ne^li^;ence efty?, "It ic to be noted th«t
the entry v^p dark, and th-it the mly w-\y Anything eovld "be
pocn in it vras by mesine of artificial lif.ht?". .die this
cause wj»e reversed for errors in the aclui prion "• teptiniony
the %hol« cwee ^vhen re-Ti clearly t^howr- thot the aic-etions of
nef.Ilf:cnee and RBSximeti rig>^ v?ere nin tere" to be determined by
the jury under all of the f^'Ctt? nn" circumetjmeev proven in
Uie caee. The evidence ;n Mac case nov.' liiider ccnoiderption
tend? to !*hov; t}-iPt the entry at the Tjljsct of the injury */• s
d&rk p.ad no vray cf obpv.rvinfc thes-^e croee-b: re ey.cept by t>t«e
a lifoht c-irried In the cnn of decenped, Tf?hicii fc^'vt but little
li^ht, v.nd^ tiie cngp-bf.re could riot be vcen until deceased wae
right ot tiiet:; the nefireet lifrht vfri» in the n&rting ninety fett
or nore awsy; the roof v/^ s? level up to tliB abrxipt sict-off;
no lii.ht by vfiich it coulci be reen, not}iin£5 to ndvis<.- a trip
rider of tJie Rp^roach to this obsti-uetion. It seerae to ue that
unlepp the trin rider noted the nlf^ce of this obptruotion and
kept it in roind tV^at be v^-'f* lln>;lc to be struck by the cropp-
bars e,t fny tiiRe. The wpT'©'' ^"-nt kneyr the heijht -^f the entry,
the dis?t?-nce between the se'^t on tlie cr and the crope-bnrs,
th«t the ontry W' ? dark, and Vnew cr should h-^ve xnotm that
appellee would be iiaVle to be injured viule T;a!?»ing under
these b'lre, and Irnovinf, thip ehould Imve t^rovided f»on\e mcBne
by vdiich tlie driver could see nv kncr when he w^e approaching
the croer-bnre. The appellnint failed to provide nnything or
any mennp ty -a-hich thepe ctopp- bRrf? co^ld tc located in the
ttfikinfc of s trip, i.hile it <^oee opr.^ettr tl tt decerred -pre
found several feet froir the cropf^-bpr, it ie ehoT-n thr.t he and
other rid^crs vere in the h'^bit of riding eidewpyr unon their
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^s ftans
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r-vrr*'?.-' M">«f*t«rff - •■■..It
hnn not*"-'" • ' '" -M ctfiM:! 4iit^ »4^ «*»£ito
• ;ti9»j 9 At nd9«r;»-ncf »:> ^tii
liattJ nory 'SxnweMt' ^nlttt la ti:fR/{ -ari* ;t; tat.*'* ^n'^bi-x K^/iin
eeate, that the eent wac tliree feet from tii© bnr? of the
rooi, that deceased had a brul»e upon tiie eidc of his head,
nnd hair of color of hin waB found ui>on the crope-br.r, and
thnt there was evidence tendin^i, to s-how he iifd "b<T©n struck
very near the croee-bttr. V.hen all of there f^ctp r-^nA cir-
cuKstoncee nre c-^nridered It crmrot, in our jud<r:Taent, be
said that the verdict of tiie jury nr.e rcnnifeotly aeainsjt the
weitiht of the evidence.
Vie do not believe that under the exieting condi-
tions thnt it oould "be pnid r^ a »Rtter of Unv th?».t the
plpce vMf? reasons blA^«fe. "^Vhether appellant v/ns guilty
of n«f.lifeence of the deceaeed of eontributory neplifccnce
were que!»tione of fnct for the jury". . A, vp. i-aton,
194111., 444. It WPP for th«? jury to determine if the
obotructlcn vw'P of eufficient height to pera.it the trip
riders to paes under in p^ifety, or that eui telle Kierme h^id
been provided to determine vdaen these crose-b^rs vere being
approached, in commenting upon the qucFtiv'^n m- to whether
a railrosd l>ridf;o wr..f» constructed of pufficient Jieifht for
BRiety to the brakemen, the :iupreme Court fsaid, "Hjc real
question for the jury w s, vrhether tiie bridiiie, as construc-
ted, Tvas sale, and not dangeroue. It might be lower than
other bridfe.ee '>nd fit the enr.e time be eafe. If the brid^.e,
BP conntructfd, vra© of sufficient height so th-t brakemen on
tiie top of the cnr ni^ht err*??' over the brirlge in safety,
thsn it mde no difference whether it w-sc hitrher or 1 ov^er
than other bridges. '^ C....C.* St.l.Ky.Co. vp. V;alter, 147
111., 64. Ve ;=.re of the orinion that the question a«« to
Vrhether or rot the -plsce v?ne rea«!onf?,hle safe for the de-
caaeed in oerf or-'-inc hie work was a question ol fact for the
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. x«- 'iwwr , ht^ ^«»f -tw^
Jury and not ol lotj for tiie court, and w« p.r« \mabX« to •«/
th«a the verdict of the jury ie raanilcptly nf.ninvt the t»olfeht
of the evidence. fi.nd the judgment of the circuit Court i»
pf firmed,
Kot to "be reported in fvll .
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/, CHARLES C. JOHNSON, Clerk of the Appellate Court, within and for the Fourth District of
the State of Illinois, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing is a true copg of the OPINION of the
said Appellate Court in the above entitled cause of record in mi; office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of saidJJour^
at ML Vernon, this .^ ./-./I.^Z^ - ^ daj) (^......^ -..u.i.<./...
A. D. 191.^
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Opinion of the Appellate Court
AT AN APPELLATE COURT, Begun and held at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, on the Fourth Tuesday
in the month of March in the iiear of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the same
being the 26th dao of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
Present:
Hon. Franklin H. Boggs, Presiding Justice.
Hon. Harry Higbee, Justice.
\f^^'Uon. James C. Mc Bride, Justice.
CHARLES C. JOHNSON, Clerk. THOMAS E. PASL^, Sheriff.
And afterwards, to-wit: On the fifth day of April, A. D. 1918,jfihere was filed in
the office of the Clerk ^ of said Court, at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, an OPINION in/the words and figures
following:
\SLm, She
CantineiitalJPortlan4 Cement Co.,,.
\
Aj)p4llant
APPEAL FROM
No.33
October Term, 1917.
I.A. 9
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circuit COURT
. John W. ..Koch ..et.a^^
Appellees
Madison COUNTY
TRIAL JUDGE
HON ,....J.......Â¥......GrI.I(yiM.
Tent Ko. 33. In th« App#ll«it« Court, Agenda 1*0, 97.
Jourtl^i Tiiititrlct.
Octobtr Terra, '. ';. 1917.
Continental i ortlnnd Ceu:ent J
C omrony , S
An''*? J.laat. }
) Appeal from the
TB. } Circuit Court of
) icadiaon County.
John •..-, i^.och, Uoort^e ; . loiter,
Henrietta K. /.. Koch, i;-rie C. Jot»8tinf, , )
Alton >r>.vanfc.!; jcs-mk and •..itiy.ene ~^ntiona.l)
uank, )
Ar*p£lloe )
The appellant filed a bill in ch»nceTy lo set
Bfide an alleged trnnefcr of re<il estate and 430 ehnree of
the ciapltal ^tock in the otonewsire Pipe Cocrnany allee ed to
have been RRdle by John V-. loch to his wife in fraud of i^in
creditors. U->oii a hearing of the oaee it w s decreed that
the alleged conveyance of re?».l estate and tr??ntfer of per-
eonal property tjere mnde in <.ood fr ith, nnd the court denied
relief to the appellant ae to theee matters.
It apj>tmri» Ircaa the record in thla oaee that about
the ownth of kareh 1912 John '», Koch %a? the owner of 43'
etisres ol capital stock of the stoneware Pipe Company, and
at about thi^t tirae he aade a gift of and transferred the
said shares of ^tock to hi r \yile, ienrietta Koch, and en-
derived snd delivered the cisrtif iCftte to her. The evidence
further tend«? to show that at that tiae .Tohn v , Koch mtue
eolvecit and thrst the eivoree were traneferred and giyen to
hir« wife in lieu of rasking a will vtfiich he had promiped
her he would do.
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<9ifi hoTtftlinatJ •bills •!! m^XS taiit tuo-im in
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»i>R»niv oim<x»a srl/ bAxtffii^b bat: b93tob
miol. 9MlS /jwii iM SmtU wwLu ei <sbn»i ind^iu^
{ dolifai 3ni3(«as lo umll tU •Xtm mid
It further a? peart from th« record tiist on March
10, 1914, John '^* Koch b«om&« Indebted to an reliant to the
amount of v31t5.46 and on that d- te oi^^ned n note, due nine
ty deye aftwr d»te, «»p nirety for the Buildere riupTily & Coal
Company to «ppt;lj«nt. *i'h»t on May -'b, 1914, he executed at
surety aforcseaid another note to wppellRnt for ii4bf>0«or,
due eijrty ds^ye alter dRte. 3t further appcsTp that these \
note* were ol^jied hy >)Oth v^eori^s -. ! oettr and John :;, Koch,
and itiMt they mms both stock bolocri? in the i^iiidere
uupily &. Coal Coa^any. 'ilmt the wnktre of frid notees f failed
to pay tixv. trntam «4ien they heessie due nnd the ipjtellant ob-
tnined Juogmetit against the laaker? for vf7& b.4S, being the
amount of the two notes -bove referred to, ; xecution wfie
ieexied and returned "no property foun<i".
It further «pT>«*'>'i*«' frou* the evidence thft Jnhn . .
Koch wre thf owner of lot? three ond four, i lock twenty-nine
of the City of Alton, -^f the vplue nf j?f>ven to cli;ht thouji-
s»na dol lRr<?. Th?«t on the 13th dray nf July, 1914, he eold
and cnrnreyed the enid real eptote to i.i» r»ifc Henrietta V.
Koch for an expreeeed ccnplderfttinn of one dojinr but in
foct for the coneider^ti c»n of one hundr«jd piv^ree of the
CGpitd. otock of the Continental l=ortl«nd 'c-ent Coapany,
being one hundred pharee of the four hundred thirty shares
th"! he hnd t^.iven to iwr in 1^1?, and vnlued ^t eeven thou»>
and doll r>j. Lat«»r on ue borrowed iive thou&and dollar*
from the Alton Banking & 'irus»t Comp'j^y nnd secured the tnee
by tiie one hundred eharew ol capital etock of the ^Honeware
ripe Coap.:any and iive thousand 6oV.] >" w<Mrth of stock of
the CJilcrvigo Swaber & t,oal t^om-nany.
It further fpnenre from the evidence thnt in 1911
Foch and .iort-r "â– ' rfiovang the .Uton -nvinge Bank fjy hundred
• Pi.
». b«^rf«^a^ •jaR0i»tf 4eo^ ^f^ ado;. ,.-
»ni!
>'>/l«» 'iv
dollRr?, and th»t later on, some tlm« In 191.^ or '14, tViey
borrowed seirerAl aiaounte of rnoney from thij> bank, midclnis: a
totfil of '^7,5f^^«00 for *Mch a r!ot*f> r.nt? given, and to »»-
diet in a^.curing *A\i9 note iienri«;ttB. J.och lointd John ''-.
Koch sixty phi.ree of the cnpital ptoc'W of t}<.e tonev/nre
Pipe Cfmfnny that was o^mfed by h<&r. ".).%.• p-virie'ic© further
pjiowe that the money •procured by these several lonno w»»
U!»ed "by Koch 'w<l l^^atyi' in the naynent of the indebtednee*
lor u.'hich they w«;re It'll;] e.
It turther Hpp«nrp Irois the evideince that henrletta
Koch r&e the owner of an ins-uranc© policy Bnd th. t pIjc dlt-
poecil of thi i3 policy lor about $25rc,cr) amd borrowed three
thouennd dollw!? tt-ym h©r jiiater nna vfith thip rairchaeed
Iroa the /.Iton iJ^wlcint ik '"'ru^t Company t>*«> note of live Km-
dbr thousand doli.nrp, ^vitli thfj /■!cll«t<^ral ti^ecisrlty, being
th« one hundred »h'j.r<?'^ ^f r'tooTc of the gtinewftre Ilpe CompAny,
nndother rtoclt, ssnd f*ne clr»irnp th-^t t^-iP wt^? turned over to
her by the b-^nk and th-^t «'i«» !« the ovmer of t*. !«« nnt*. with
the coll"tf,ril security.
The him in this c<"-pe allf.es, in aibpt'^nce, that
John i: , I'.och wf^i? in fact the owner of the re^l e<^tate above
'ie«crib«d smd of the f?h''>re«r of cftpjtal stock referred to,
and th'?t ;;e transferred tlie eaiae to i» nite, Henrietta };;.
Koch, lor the purro^e oi defrnudin^ hie cre.ditore, and eeskt
th"; diecovety of th.'st %n(\ otht^r property "SBhloh the bill rX*
leii^ee ie concef^lcd by them ir'^m the creditor? of Kooh, and
a»ke th'^t «iijl nudi tr^iiul^r? he pet a tide ^s fraudulent and \
be subjected to the :?aycaent of 3pp<'Il«tnt ' p judgment. The
anew^sr adnltr* that the (Ptook 'jt'^b tr'?.n9f erred by John Kooh
to Bonrletta i'. Foch, '»? -h £ift, in the year of 191*^, and
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b9^ •< ": 'i<^ }*! tm T«-< ;<t-
before any inu«l>t«dnet» lui.ci b««n lneurr«d; also odi&its that
he void and oonvey«d the rtml estat* «bov« described to her
but cI&ln>Q that she paid U^ierefor n valuible consideration,
and denies any fraudulent intent in the aofUclng of the eeveral
traneftfre.
hmiy errorp h ve been nspi^ ned by counsel but the
only onef argued «jy him or*?., tiipt the ftift r?l the Sour
hundred V^iixty eiieres of r'tock was* fraudulent «nd void and
anrte for fixe purpoieie of hindering and deleyinf; creditor a,
snd that the conveyanopw of the re^l eytote wse without
eonol deration ?ind fraudulent op to the creditor? of John 'S,
Koch,
Opon an exandn. tion of this rvrord ve believe that
s detertfiinatir'n of thip C'^pe depends? upon tli)v. validity of tlxe
tift of John ' . Kooh to hie wife henriettR Koch of the lour
hundred thirty ehfre© of tne oapit&l r-tock of the "toneware
i'ipe Company. If the feift waa valid then Henrietta Kooh
had the rlfcht to do f.p phe chope -^sith the Bhareip of stock
s'o or.tainrd by xxar. It th«2 (4ft wae invi?lid then all of the
rifc;hts thi-it phe claims to h^ve acquired by s<uch gift would
not avnil her nrythinj, p© »fc,»int?t the creditore of John ^k,
^och. It appears? from thie evidence that John < . Koch tr^jne-
f erred wnd rfcllvored 450 ph<»ree of «tock pforcpaid to hen-
rietta Koch in the e^rly p^*rt of the yesr 191?, nnd at that
time he vi» not Indebted to oxceed five hundred dollnrs and
hnd •>bun4snt property wlierewith to v;\y yvch indebtedneat ♦
Thie ie not -iiij^'Uted. The oniy v-itneesee uvon thi?:' question
^•ere John . Koch fjnd Henrietta Koch, oth of whom soy thr»t
this whole trans'cticn '^vnp in g-ood faith and for the r^urpo?-*
of prfcpt'rvint; for her scmething out cf their rroeperlty. It
l0 rjaid by counsel lor appellant that beoau e he used Koch
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doo
aitd hie Trifo as Y,ltnep8«» th*>t iie would not "be bound by
their concluelonB, wr. ich is true, but «?uch fr^cte a» they
st^^ted wnd fire not diejputed would hmre to be- t»ken and ao»
eepted by the court ae true, sin«i the cjtitter oj" indebtedness
pxooably owing by hiia at the ti»ie the trnnsler wae made
v.mi3d he: f-'CtG which, it not dieputecl» afovilA Kn ve to be
confide? fed by the court in dctcnrilnin^;. the .'iUc.Btion«'= in-
volved in tUisr suit. If it be true thpt John V. j.och was
not indebted sit that tii.;fc or hs^d ausplft property to pay what
littXe indebtedneee did e:xiet« then he hixd, under the law,
a pcriect right to rsoke % *!>il"t of anythinfc owned by hioi to
his v.ife .»ind unlccf- this gift should be rrt^de in anticipation
of cor-iiaitting a irmid upon creciitore it ^ould 'le binding. It
is unreaponnblc to s'UDpo^e that tuey I -l in Uu>lr ?Eind at
tliat time the connaittinj/ of a lr«ud ur)on the p-i.-^vellrant a«
Rppell«nt'e debt v.^- only r, s; security and n'-.t cnntrscted for
more than tvo ye'^re nfter the trsnsfer of thlf «tock. It if?
VGxy cl^nr that lit the tit\e of the trpjTPfer of thie {»tock
tkat MppelXr^jit T/n." rsot n creditor of Koch, ^i hupband may
cremte fi wepurate erta". e for iup v'ife ov^t of hi n o'wn property
if th«ir«? nrc no creditvirn of ttic iiUf?b^;nd n-t the time rhofc
rithts would te <ut in jeopardy, ruid if there ere such
creditor© if h<! retains a sufficient ai-ount to liquidate it»
is lawful, "it h.HP never bee^n 'nclA, to our kr.owlcdge, that a
Mibsequent creditor c?^n inquire into the f^imeps of the
tranSF.cticm, t;'«/un if t/ie conveynnces to the v.'i<e be regarded
riE vcluntpry c •nveynnct,? without sctu.-;l consideration, for
t..e sol*; purj/O^e of creating. ''. pcparnte eptRte 'n the wife....
iiie 1«» not only sr)*nctionp euc>. ■? couri?e, but in a»ny in-
stance'' it ie nothing - iOre thon cirap^f- Justice to tl.e v.'ife..,.
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But it Is the doctrine of this court tiiat only credltorii
having clftino idrien the Iraud ie cosin.ittcd c^n avoid such
conveyancee, unl»'»£!i» it be 6>hown the deed t? © rj^^ide in antic i-| ^"""^
]:ation ol incurrinui debte to avoid the v.aytuent of which the
conveyance vv?)B jtftde . olihart ve. urrell tanf, i'O^.SJSd
111,, 134. /nd this doctrine iiae cecn announced uy the
Supreme Court in the cnees of Lridfcford v&. riddel), 55 111.,
ZCl; Tuniifn vi?. Chamblin, 88 III ,tblbi ^.rawford ve. log an,
tf7 Ill.,29tb: :<i!aep V8. Ior»eti, 147 ii"i.,i:>4 , It can not
be (Â¥aid trra the record in thi ? c-.ee thcvt the p tock tme
tranaif erred to Jienrietta Koch in anticip^^ticn c.f incurring
the indebtedneep oi sippcllant fiy tM» in!i€"btedra*sp wae not
incurred tor two yf-ara afterwards, and it was only a sKcurit]
deot ior the buiiiderc k^uj;ply vi Joal ^.oapuny. "''e nre of the
opinion ti..at under thu facts in tni? c .^e John ' . Koch had a
pexleot rifiiit to givw tuis t^tools to his -wife at the tiiae
tiiTit i-ifi ciid. If it ba tru«if tnai .*e tad the rifeht to tive
this etook to Lis wife then -eM vrae ?,utii.ori.;'.ed to v^-'e j?uch
Btock ior the puipof'e of purciif.einb vfie reJ estate in quee-
tion, it «*u.' dfe^ircid t'O to do. It .r<pp6are fr-ira the evidence
thiit she did eell and trnnefer to John ;. Koch ^ne hundred
pharsf* uf thiw 9tock ior the re^tl t.&t-y.te in quf-f?tion, which
<4ie h'^d the rigjtit to dn. It iurther appears t). ^t with her
o-<»n nif*r<n« s-v \urcmued fron the bank thp note f':^r v>iich the
s'cjck had h<;'eu as(»i^,n«.d ae coll=sterai secvtrity 'md Imlde
this iudebtedneae and stock againot Jicr r:ui'h;^nd, and we c-?.n
eee no reav^on vi^y under the crnditionj' ahf thould not do
this?, and taat she v;oi id "bf entitled to the pays^ient of thie
note lirst out of t*iis' etocA.and tht ri^Jftte of the (spnelittnt
arc |)rot*?cted in the decree a^- it i;* tcivwn ',he rit;ht to
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•ftmibi
« *Mvw wwr- ;
>o;r«
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redeem thl@ ptook.
This dispoBCP of tlic cnly qn«-?tions argued oy
coURoel for appellant, one!, (>&■vm U»ink, fully dctornin©*
the rlfe,ht» of the pia'ti«8 herein,
The decre« of tlt€ ■Ircuit Court i» vliiitacd,
Kct to t v-ted in lull.
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/, CHARLES C. JOHNSON, Clerk of the Appellate Court, within and for the Fourth District of
the State of Illinois, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing is a true copy of the OPINION of the
said Appellate Court in the above entitled cause of record in mg office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have set mg hand and affixed the seal of sai^Court,
at Mt. VernafiUhis .^ ./z^.!!^. dag 6fZj/..^.c<:l<^-...
A. D. 191 A /^ /^ { , ^
of me Appellate Court ^
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Opinion of the Appellate Court
AT AN APPELLA TE COURT. Begun and held at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, on the Fourth Tuesday
in the month of March in the ^ear of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the same
being the 26th dai; of March in the vear of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
2llI.A.jai
Present:
Hon. Franklin H. Boggs, Presiding Justice.
Hon. Harry Higbee. Justice.
U — -ffon. James C. McBride, Justice.
CHARLES C. JOHNSON, Clerk.
And afterwards, to-wit: On the fifth day of April, A. D. 1918, t$ere was filed in
the office of the Cl\rk of said Court, at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, an OPINION in tfjf words and figures
following:
COURT
Jeffers'on COUNTY
TRIAL JUDGE
HON ?P?ERT E, KICKMAN
Term lio. <Z, In th« A;>pellnte Court, i^en&% uo^PJ-
i'ourth District.
October TKrxn A. :>.., 1917.
Town of Gr?»nd Trwirle, )
ArpfilJee, )
)
VR. ) Appenl irore the Jtfferpon County
) Court.
C, J?', Schneider, )
Appell ant. )
Th« *'.' ellee recovered a Judgment in the court
bclov lor liv*^ dollare mnd coBt9 »• a penalty for the oto-
fftructing of an alleged highwniy in ©aid county, A judtTacnt
v^Rs rendered in thi* suit 04,ain??t the appellant nt a former
term of the Jefiereon County Court from which Jul^aaent the
appellant uroeeouted tm appeal to the inarch ""err: 1916 of thl»
court. IJjjon « hearln^^ of r:r,id eauee it w-e determined "by
this court that the hightyry chnrged to hsvc been obstructed
wn© an "old trail thwt r^^n acroBs vscRnt nr^& unoeourled
grounds wiioh had not been fenced. Th-st ©uch trsil had been
abandoned by the public nna two other ro«di? ncrore the land
had been W!?ed fron-^ time to ticse in Tlfice ot the eame. that
there had in f ict been no e«tatliehec line of tr'^ vel ncror?'
the land in quepti^n but thsit the trr il or traveled way had
be<in siiifted from plfice to plf«« ^^ different times. 1 roo
an exaciination of the record we hove c one Juried tltiat the at-
torneye failed to show that X^nm i ublic hi^d ac.niired n ri^;ht
of way vy prescription ni the xlace along the line *'bere ap-
pellee claisv0 tlie old trail wac located acroee the land in
question". The caun-e was reversted by thie court becauee the
lower court refui?eo to per it the "ppel lont to prove tViat
certain roade east of ti-jc trail )iad been traveled for the
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Inrt eix or >:«ven years liy the (^enftrnl public and that
the old trail had be«m Abandonsd and grown up in brueh,
tre«!Q and ditches co that it iuid becooce iiupas9atle for tiy
or si:x ye^ n't and thnt there were no obstruction* on the old
tr%ail, "h*» apycilate court revereed the county court nt the
former he rin^, and remanded the cause lor « ne^a trial, "ht
Cause Ytni} ng^in Irteard and judgment ft^ain rendered af^ainet th«
apxjftilant lor five ^ol'jnrj? and oos^to, to reverse widoh trd»
appeal ie proeecuted.
'-'lie evidence introduced by plaintiff in t>ie trinl
telow 19 Fsubr-tantially the tame n« thot Introduced upon the
former trial, r»rt.1 in the foraser opinion rendered by thi*
court it •v'\9 ptttted, ti^nt, "Vor Hi;*ny yesr;^, as f-io-^m by the
proofs, triere tmn ttcen a road runrint diaf^onally r;cro»B
iicction ??? in the tn^;n of Grand Trairie, in aald county,
ptartinfc nt the north east corner and running to n point nmnr
the diddle of the south line of the ©outh west quarter. The
ecotion 1WR0 heavily timbered and the roj>.d in queetion w«b
sicply a ^h^s^ thrni^h t? e v^ooda, no r/art of it having been
laid out. A Itw yeare f<£0 the romi wna ciian^:ed ay petition
ae to tne north eri«;t q'.mrter f»o t>\nt it ran alonf^ the entirt
eatst line nn^ t lence weit half way along the poutli line of
said quarter paction. It wrp «1s»o chaixiied by ntreeiaent as
to the routh end eo thAt it rfun nlonfc ti:)e eouth lint- of the
oectit^n to the coi^th w«3t comer of the south ei»»»t quarter
thereof, pnd thence north on the qitnrter section line an
eighth of n rr.ile frora wbenHtfie road took the direction of
the old tr-'iil nor >«-:pterly r».croe«" the. north eixty Rcree of
the wtet half «-'f p^id «?outh eapt qunrter of said oection J?5,
nT\(A connected vdth the rcnfi laid out by re tit ion a» aforeeaid