Brownell v. Village of Antioch
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. Claire C. Edwards, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Appellee, a child of tender years, was injured on August 21, 1914, while he and other children were playing with a gasoline engine said to have been located in a street in the Village of Antioch. He brought suit against the Village of Antioch to recover damages for such injury. He filed a declaration and defendant demurred thereto. The demurrer was overruled and defendant pleaded the general issue. On a trial, plaintiff had a verdict and a judgment for $1,716.75, and this is an appeal by defendant therefrom.
The demurrer was special. One ground was that the notice of the injury and’of…
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