City of Chicago v. Powers
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. 8. "Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought by Margaret Powers, as administratrix of Mary Powers, deceased, against the city of Chicago, to recover damages resulting from the death of the said Mary Powers, alleged to have been occasioned by the neglect of the city.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. 8. "Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought by Margaret Powers, as administratrix of Mary Powers, deceased, against the city of Chicago, to recover damages resulting from the death of the said Mary Powers, alleged to have been occasioned by the neglect of the city. It is averred in the declaration, that the deceased left surviving and next of kin, only her mother, the plaintiff, and a brother seven years of age. The circumstances attending the death of the intestate, upon which a recovery is sought, as well…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action on the case brought by Margaret Powers, administratrix of Mary Powers, deceased, against the city of Chicago, in the Cook Circuit Court. The action was brought to recover damages claimed to have accrued from negligence of the city, which produced the death of intestate. It appears that the city, on the 18th of October, 1865, and prior thereto, maintained a bridge, with its appurtenances, across the Chicago river, connecting north and south Clark street; that the bridge is so constructed as to swing on its center, so as to permit the passage of vessels navigating the river;…
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