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ILLINOIS BELL TEL. CO. v. CHARLES IND CO.

Gen. No. 10,696.

3 Ill. App.2d 258 (1954)

121 N.E.2d 600

Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles Ind Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication September 29, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MILLER, THOMAS, HICKEY & COLLINS, of Rockford, and SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, of Chicago, for appellant; WILLIAM E. COLLINS, of Rockford, and JAMES E. BAKER and EMERSON T. CHANDLER, both of Chicago, of counsel.

KNIGHT, HAYE & KEEGAN, of Rockford, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DOVE delivered the opinion of the court.

This action, brought to recover damages for injuries inflicted by defendant to plaintiff's underground telephone cable, was tried without a jury, by the circuit court of Winnebago county, resulting in a judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

The evidence disclosed that the plaintiff is a public utility engaged in the telephone business in Rockford, Illinois. On August 16, 1948, the Rockford...

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