Lachman v. Deisch

Citations

• 71 Ill. 59

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction of county courts — injury to real estate. The act of 1873 gave justices of the peace jurisdiction in “all actions for damages for injuries to real property,” and, by a recent statute, county courts were given ®oncurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts in all that class of cases in which justices of the peace have jurisdiction where the amount does not exceed §500.</p> <p>3. Owner of land may recover while tenant is in possession. The owner of real estate may maintain an action in the county court for a permanent injury to his property by the construction of a drain, notwithstanding it is in the occupancy of a tenant.</p>