Village of Warren v. Wright
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. John V. Eustace, Judge, presiding. Opinion filed Hay 2, 1879.
1Opinion of the CourtLeland, J.
This was an action on the case by appellee, against appellant, to recover damages for an injury caused by the fall of a sidewalk, through the alleged negligence of the latter.
On the south side of Main street, there was a sidewalk built in 1858 or 1859, by the then lot owner. The portion of the walk which fell was in front of two buildings, and of the space of about eight feet between them, the easternmost called Brand’s and the other Brink’s. There was a depression in the surface of the earth, by reason of which the portion of the sidewalk which fell was about seven feet above the ground. The…
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