(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.

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.