City of Springfield v. Coe
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding Justice Boggs
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In order to make contemplated repairs on Fourth street the appellant city caused the material with which the street was paved to be removed, which left the surface of the street some fifteen inches lower than it had formerly been at the point of intersection of Fourth and Canedy street.
The street was in that condition during the night of September 23, 1895. At about the hour of eight o’clock of that night appellee, a lady somewhat advanced in years, accompanied by her daughter, a young lady, alighted from the street cars at the…
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- City of Springfield v. RosenmeyerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
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