Village of Altamont v. Carter

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, affirming a judgment for $1000 in an action on the case in the circuit court of Effingham county in favor of appellee, against appellant. The damages were alleged to have been occasioned by reason of an opening in a sidewalk on a street of the village, used for a coal chute or for lighting and ventilating a business house fronting on the street, into which appellee fell and was injured. The accident happened on the night of March 9, 1900.

The only errors urged in this court as grounds for reversal are, that the…