Village of Jefferson v. Chapman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williamson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
Georgia Chapman, the appellee, sued the appellant, the village of Jefferson, in the Superior Court of Cook county, in an action on the case, for personal injuries sustained in consequence of a fall upon a cross-walk or apron across a ditch at ■the intersection of St. Charles avenue and Center street in said village, and recovered a judgment for $6000 damages. On appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District, the judgment was affirmed, and the village now, by further appeal, brings the record to this court.
The facts of the case, briefly stated, are, that late in the fall of 1885, the…
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