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THE PEOPLE EX REL. HELGESON v. HACKLER

No. 36072.

21 Ill.2d 267 (1961)

171 N.E.2d 599

THE PEOPLE ex rel. HELEN HELGESON et al., Appellees, v. LOUIS HACKLER et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WHITE & WILLIAMS, of Havana, and DUNKELBERG & RUST, of Pekin, for appellants.

SORLING, CATRON AND HARDIN, of Springfield, and EDWARD A. KREBAUM, of Havana, (GEORGE W. CULLEN, of counsel,) for certain appellees, and KENNETH H. LEMMER, and RICHARD W. VELDE, of Havana, for other appellees.

Decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Helen Helgeson, initially made the Mason and Tazewell Special Drainage District and its commissioners, defendants in a mandamus action to compel construction of a bridge across a drainage ditch and thereby afford access from her land to a public highway. She later joined members of the Hackler family as defendants seeking a determination that she has an easement across...

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