City of Mattoon v. Fallin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
In January, 1884, the appellee, Jane Fallin, recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Coles county, against the city of Mattoon, for $1000, on account of injuries received in a fall, occasioned by a defective sidewalk, which the city, as is charged, negligently suffered to become and remain out of repair. This judgment, on appeal, was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third District, and the city appealed to this court.
The point chiefly relied on for a reversal is, the declaration locates the defective sidewalk on the east side of B street, between Western avenue and Prairie avenue,…
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