City of Chicago v. Moore

Appellee received a judgment against the city for an injury received by her upon an alleged defective sidewalk. The injury is shown by the evidence to have been serious and permanent, and if it was chargeable to the city, under the law, the amount of the damages awarded can not be said to be excessive.

The principal burden of the complaint of the counsel for the city is against the trial judge for refusing all the instructions asked by the appellant, and giving an instruction written by himself, embodying all the material propositions contained in appellant’s instructions and applicable to the…