Case Name: County of LaSalle, State of Illinois, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1925-05-01
Citations: 5 Ill. Ct. Cl. 190
Docket Number: No. 894
Parties: County of LaSalle, State of Illinois, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 190–190

Head Matter:
(No. 894
County of LaSalle, State of Illinois, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed May 1, 1925.
Lee O ’Neil Browne, for claimant.
Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General ; S. S. DuHamel, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Leech
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a claim for damages sustained by claimant, on its premises located a short distance west of the city of Ottawa, and known as the "LaSalle County Poor Farm", or "Home", by reason of the overflow of a canal owned by the State of Illinois; said damage having occurred on or about September 7, 1924, and as a result of which the crops raised on said farm were destroyed, the reasonable value of said crops being $3,500.00.
The demurrer filed by the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, is, as a matter of law, sustained.
We award claimant the sum of $3,500.00, on the grounds of equity and social justice.