City of Joliet v. Le Pla
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Robert W. Hilscher, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
As Henry Le Pla was going from his place of business to his home about seven o’clock in the evening of January 2, 1900, he approached the bridge over Hickory Creek, on Second avenue, in the city of Joliet, upon the opposite side of the street from that upon which he usually traveled, and stepped into a hole in the sidewalk and fell and struck his head against an iron post supporting the railing of the bridge. He sued the city to recover damages for the injury thus received, which his declaration attributed to the negligence of the city, and…
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