City of Lanark v. Dougherty

This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury inflicted upon appellee as the result of stepping into a hole in a sidewalk. Verdict and judgment in the Circuit Court were in favor of appellee, and such judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court, whence the case is brought here by appeal.

All the questions of fact are settled by the judgment of the Appellate Court.

First: It is claimed, that the trial court erred in permitting the injured limb of the plaintiff to be examined in the presence of the jury by a physician who was called as an expert witness. There was no error in…