City of Chicago v. Keefe
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. H. Barnum, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by Michael Keefe, administrator of the estate of Michael Keefe, deceased, against the. city of Chicago, for injuries causing the death of the intestate, resulting from the negligence of the city in failing to-keep one of its sidewalks in repair.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. H. Barnum, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by Michael Keefe, administrator of the estate of Michael Keefe, deceased, against the. city of Chicago, for injuries causing the death of the intestate, resulting from the negligence of the city in failing to-keep one of its sidewalks in repair. The intestate, a lad of ten and a half years of age, while-rolling his hoop along a sidewalk of Butterfield street, stepped on the end of a loose board,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
Appellant asked the court to instruct the jury as follows:
“The jury are instructed that the sidewalks of the city are not made for the purpose of a play-ground for children, nor as a mere place for the recreation of children, and that the condition of the sidewalk is only to be considered with reference to its use for the ordinary travel along the same.
“The jury are instructed that -if they believe, from the evidence in this case, that the deceased, Michael Keefe, was, at the time in question, playing upon the sidewalk, by rolling a hoop along the same, then you are instructed that if you…
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