City of Rock Island v. Deis

This was an action on the case for alleged injuries received from a fall upon a sidewalk in the appellant city, called 5tli avenue, between 25th and 26th streets, which the city was bound to keep in repair, which injuries to appellee, it is claimed, arose in consequence of the negligence of the city in not keeping the planks, constituting in part the sidewalk in question, properly nailed to the stringers, and suffering the planks to be and remain loose, so that in passing over the walk with her husband on the 1st of January, 1890, using due care, the loose plank flew up, caught appellee’s…