Legal Opinion

City of Summer v. Scaggs

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 23, 1894PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lawrence County; the Hon. Silas Z. Landes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

Appellee brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries charged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant in maintaining its sidewalk elevated above the ground, without guard rail on either side, and without light to indicate place of danger, or enable the traveling public to see their way on said walk. Appellee was the only one who testified how. she received the injury. Her version is, that on her way to spend the night with her daughter, she turned a corner at which a street lamp was lighted, and had walked east about ninety feet along the street toward her daughter’s…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Osier v. the Consumers' CompanyIdaho Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Garman v. City of WaverlyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911

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