Holmberg v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
1DissentJustice Thomson
I do not concur in the decision of this case as announced in the foregoing opinion. No evidence was submitted as to -¡just how the head and shoulders of the deceased boy, and the upper part of his trunk, came to be covered with sand. It would seem to be a justifiable inference, from the testimony, that he had dug a hole or tunnel in the sand pile, west of the north and south center line and near its top, making, as his father described it, “a sort of a hole that curved up, — sloped up,” and that, as he was digging this hole or tunnel, and had the upper part of his body, including his arms, in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
- City of South Bend v. TurnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Deming v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
- McDermott v. BurkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Barnhart v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
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