Schnell v. State

Claimants seek to recover for personal injuries sustained by Gladys Schnell on July 27, 1958, when the motorbike, upon which she was riding, struck a hole in State Eoute No. 1 at a point approximately one and one-eighth miles north of the intersection of State Eoutes Nos. 1 and 33. The highway in question is under the jurisdiction of the State of Illinois.

The highway pavement, with which we are concerned, is twenty feet wide, and consists of eighteen feet of brick with a one foot strip of concrete at either edge.- The evidence shows that the accident area was in a section of State Eoute No.…