City of Joliet v. Weston
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will ■county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The plaintiff in this case, Frederick Weston, as he was walking with a friend on one of the principal streets of the city of Joliet, carrying his little child in his arms, tripped and fell. By the fall the child, was so fatally injured it died in a few moments after the accident. The alleged cause of the accident was a defective condition of the sidewalk. The plaintiff, as administrator of his deceased child, brought this suit against the city of Joliet, to recover damages resulting to the next of kin on account of the death of the intestate. On the trial in the circuit court plaintiff…
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