Village of Gardner v. Paulson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy County; the Hon. Samuel C. Stotjgh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1904.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
On Ho vein her 3,1902, Martha Paulson fell while she and her husband were walking upon a sidewalk on East street in the village of Gardner: She brought this suit against the village to recover damages for injuries she alleged she sustained by the fall, which her declaration attributed to the defective condition of the sidewalk. She recovered a verdict and a judgment for $100, and the village appeals.
The proof warranted the jury in finding that the stringers of the sidewalk were rotten and that the planks or boards were loose at t.he place where plaintiff fell, and that they had been in that…
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