Puck v. City of Chicago

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by her for. injuries received on account of defendant permitting a sidewalk to remain out of repair. There was a jury trial and a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $1,000, and defendant appeals.

The record discloses that between four and five o’clock on the afternoon of December 27,1932, plaintiff and her 20-year old daughter were walking north on the sidewalk on the west side of State street, a short distance south of…