Swalm v. City of Joliet
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Frank L. Hooper, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1920. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heard
This is an appeal from a judgment for $6,200 recovered by appellee against appellant in an action brought by her against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries which she claimed to have sustained from falling upon a sidewalk on a public street of appellant by reason of one of her feet having been caught in a loop or coil of wire on the sidewalk.
Appellant has assigned twenty-one errors upon the record. Most of these assignments are either repetitions or not argued and so will not be commented upon in this opinion.
It is contended by appellant that the court should have instructed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- City of Spring Valley v. GavinIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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