Reid v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for defendant: error by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The plaintiff sued the city to recover for damages alleged to have been suffered by her by reason of falling through a defective sidewalk.
Ho evidence was introduced by the city, and the jury, without instructions, returned a verdict of not guilty.
The facts that the sidewalk was defective and that the plaintiff fell through it because of such defect, and that she was at that time in the exercise of ordinary care for her own safety, were established by the evidence, and if plaintiff’s right to recover depended upon such matters only, the verdict was wrong. Two other facts, however, remained to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of Chicago v. DalleIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- City of Joliet v. LooneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- City of Peru v. FrenchIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- City of Sterling v. MerrillIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by2 opinions
- Randolph v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1942
- City of Chicago v. DaviesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903