Eckel v. City of Sullivan

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff sued defendant for injuries sustained from a fall alleged to have been caused by a defective city sidewalk. The trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice, finding that there was a failure to state a cause of action and that the complaint failed to allege that notice was personally served upon the City Clerk within the language of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, eh. 85, par. 8 — 102.

There is no issue of the timeliness of the notice served, nor of the sufficiency of the information supplied as required by statute. The…