City of Champaign v. Patterson

This was an action on the case, brought to the Champaign Circuit Court by Elias C. Patterson, against the city of Champaign, to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been received by the plaintiff by reason of a defective sidewalk.

The jury found for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars. A motion for a new trial was made by the defendant which was overruled, and judgment entered on the verdict.

To reverse this judgment the defendant brings the record here by writ of error, assigning thereon various errors.

The declaration alleges a duty imposed…