LEWIS v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 17642.

107 Ill. App.3d 97 (1982)

437 N.E.2d 349

JEFFERSON LEWIS, Trustee of the Laura Marie Warnsing Trust, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred B. LaBarre, of Ensel, Jones, Blanchard & LaBarre, of Springfield, for appellant.

Nolan Lipsky, of Petersburg, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the right to possession of an area extending from north to south of approximately one-half mile in length and three feet underground where defendant, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, had laid a cable to be used for the transmission of messages for its customers and those of two other utilities. The cable was laid under a ditch which was some five to 10 feet east...

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