City of Streator v. Hamilton

Opinion oe the Court,

Cartwright, X

Appellee sued appellant for damages sustained by falling while passing over one of its sidewalks, and alleged that her fall was caused by a defect in the sidewalk which rendered appellant liable. There was a trial, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee for SI,500,

The plaintiff’s account of the accident was that she was going toward home with two parcels in her arms, on June 1Y, 1891, at about 11 o’clock in the forenoon, when the heel of her shoe was caught iu the walk in some way Avhich she AAas not able to explain; that part of the heel of…