Godsall v. City of Joliet

Appellee who was thirty years of age, and two months advanced toward maternity, was injured June 6, 1908, on a wooden sidewalk on the south side of La Fayette street, at a point about one hundred and twenty-five feet east of Hickory street, in the city of Joliet, by a plank tipping up in front of her, as her husband, who was walking by her side, stepped on its outer edge.

Within ten days thereafter she gave the appellant the notice required by law, and afterwards brought this suit to recover damages for injuries caused by the accident. On the trial, appellee obtained a verdict for $1,350. A…