Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. O'Brien
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 8, 1906No. Gen. No. 12,776PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee was plaintiff and appellant defendant in the trial court, and appellee ■ recovered judgment for the sum of $2,000 and costs, from which judgment this appeal is taken. The suit was commenced October 11, 1900, and November 14, 1900, appellee filed an amended declaration, averring as follows:
“The defendant before and on, to-wit, the 8th day of November, 1899, was possessed of and had control of a certain sidewalk on a certain public street called Wendell street, in said city and county aforesaid, and ought to have kept the…
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- Frazer v. HoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Globe Accident Insurance v. GerischIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- West Chicago Masonic Ass'n v. CohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- City of Chicago v. McCarthyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by1 opinion
- O'Donoghue v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912