City of Rock Island v. Larkin

This was an action in case brought by Mary A. Larkin, appellee, against the city of Eock Island, appellant, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Fifth and One-Half avenue, through the negligence of appellant. The negligence alleged is that the defendant “knowingly and negligently permitted the said street to become dangerous and unsafe by reason of an iron valve box which was attached to an underground water service pipe and which projected vertically above the surface of the street a great distance, to-wit, four inches, all of which was well known to the…