Case Name: George W. Acres vs. David George
Court: Illinois Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1872-01-22
Citations: 3 Ill. Cir. Ct. Rep. 211
Docket Number: 
Parties: George W. Acres vs. David George.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Circuit Court Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 211–211

Head Matter:
(Supreme Court of Illinois.)
George W. Acres vs. David George.
(January 22, 1872.)
Partition Fences — Duty to Repair — Liability for Cattle Breaking Through. Where the plaintiff’s cattle were in defendant’s field with the consent of the latter and they passed upon the defendant’s premises through a breach in the partition fence made by the cattle of defendant, the defendant has no right to take úp and hold plaintiff’s cattle, than if such breach had been made by himself.
Appeal from Lee county.
Eustace, Barge & Dixon, for appellant.
Jas. K. Edsall, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
There was error in sustaining the demurrer to the amended additional replication.
It shows that plaintiff's cattle were in defendant's field with the consent of the latter, and they passed thence upon the premises of the defendant through a breach in the partition fence, made by the cattle of the defendant. The breach thus made it was his duty to repair. Under such circumstances the defendant had no more right to take "up and hold plaintiff's cattle, under the act of 1867, entitled "Domestic animals," than he would have had if the breach in the fence had been made by the defendant himself instead of his -cattle.
Reversed and remanded.