City of Sterling v. Merrill
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of White-side county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This is an action, brought by Lucy A. Merrill against the-city of Sterling in the circuit court of Whiteside county, to recover damages for a personal injury. About six o’clock in the-evening on November 14, 1884, the plaintiff was walking north, on the east side of B street in Sterling when she stepped into-a hole in the sidewalk and was thereby thrown to the ground, receiving the injury complained of. The trial resulted in a. judgment in her favor for $2000, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court, and is now brought, by appeal, to this-court.
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