City of Chicago v. McLean
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This is an action of case commenced by the appellee against the appellant in the Circuit Court of Cook County on March 13, 1888, to recover damages for a personal injury. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, which judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court. The cause is •brought here by appeal from the Appellate Court.
The declaration avers, in substance, that the City wrongfully and negligently suffered the sidewalk of Hermitage Avenue to be and remain in an unsafe and dangerous condition; that a part of the sidewalk about four feet in length had been "“torn…
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