Legal Opinion

City of Litchfield v. Anglim

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 3, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Aeiion in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the City Court of the City of Litchfield. Montgomery Comity; the Hon. Amos Oller, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker

This is an appeal from a judgment of $450, recovered by appellee for injuries sustained by her in falling into a hole in a defective sidewalk.

The evidence in the record shows that several months before appellee met her injury the city authorities had removed a board sidewalk, which had before existed on the west side of Warren street, in Litchfield, and in its stead constructed a cinder walk, leaving a few sections of the board walk to cover some drains, which passed under the walk, to drain adjacent lots. The wooden sections so left were old and in bad repair. At one place there was a plank…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bullock v. Mayor, Aldermen Commonalty, N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
  2. Village of Clayton v. BrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Evans v. . City of UticaNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. Whittaker v. Inhabitants of West BoylstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  5. City of Bloomington v. ChamberlainIllinois Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wawryszyn v. Illinois Central RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1956
  2. De Walt v. Houston East & West Texas Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1900
  3. Morten Inv. Co. v. TreveyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  4. City of Chicago v. KublerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907

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