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  "id": 2965988,
  "name": "J. W. Livergood, Appellee, v. Stonington Coal Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Livergood v. Stonington Coal Co.",
  "decision_date": "1915-10-13",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "114",
  "last_page": "115",
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      "cite": "201 Ill. App. 114"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "parties": [
      "J. W. Livergood, Appellee, v. Stonington Coal Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Thompson\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1466 \u2014when admission of improper evi dence harmless error. In an action for damages resulting from the sinking of land alleged to have been caused by the defendant\u2019s removing a substratum of coal without leaving sufficient surface support, admission of evidence that other land, adjacent to and between the plaintiff\u2019s land and the defendant\u2019s mine shaft, also sank, held improper in the absence of evidence that all the land sank at the same time, but, however, harmless error.\n2. Mines and minerals, \u00a7 60*\u2014when evidence sufficient to support verdict in action for damages for negligent' removing of substratum. In an action for damages to land from sinking alleged to have been caused by the defendant\u2019s removing a substratum of coal without leaving sufficient surface support, evidence held sufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff.\n3. Mines and minerals, \u00a7 60*\u2014when requested instruction properly refused. In an action for damages to land from sinking, alleged to have been caused by the defendant\u2019s removing a substratum of coal without leaving sufficient surface support, a requested instruction for the defendant which stated that the plaintiff could not recover unless the proof showed that the defendant intentionally injured the plaintiff\u2019s land, held properly refused, though the declaration alleged \u201cthat the defendant contriving and unjustly intending to, injure,\u201d etc., negligently mined, etc., inasmuch as such words in the allegation were mere surplusage and a cause of action was stated without them.\n4. Mines and minerals, \u00a7 60*\u2014when requested instruction properly refused. In an action for damages to land from sinking, alleged to have been caused by the defendant\u2019s removing a substratum of coal without leaving sufficient surface support, the refusal of an instruction requested, by the defendant, to the effect that damages could not be given for depreciation of buildings on the land caused by lack of repair and natural decay, -held not error where the only evidence of depreciation introduced was that the buildings had not been kept painted, and there was no evidence as to the amount of such depreciation, and other instructions fully informed the jury as to the measure of damages under the facts shown.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Thompson"
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    "attorneys": [
      "W. B. McBride, for appellant.",
      "John E. Hogan, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "J. W. Livergood, Appellee, v. Stonington Coal Company, Appellant.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. Albert M. Rose, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1915.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 13, 1915.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by J. W. Livergood, plaintiff, against Stonington Coal Company, defendant, for injuries to certain lots alleged to have been caused by improperly removing coal from thereunder. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.\nDuring the trial it was discovered that plaintiff had misdescribed the lots, and an amended declaration was filed describing all the lots by different numbers from the description in the original declaration. Thereupon an additional plea of the Five-year Statute of Limitations was filed.\nW. B. McBride, for appellant.\nJohn E. Hogan, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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  "file_name": "0114-01",
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  "last_page_order": 157
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