Healy v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Ei;ror to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frederick A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case the city was not liable unless upon the ground that the “plan” or “design” for the walk at the place in question, i e., with the “step-down” between the two lots, was dangerous.
The proposition that negligence can be predicated of the “plan” or “design” of any municipal work, in that it does not give the public more complete protection, has been repudiated by many courts for various reasons; among them much importance has been given to the argument áb inconvenienti.
Cases which hold thus strongly are Case et al. v. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Urquhart v. . City of OgdensburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Gould v. City of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- City of Lansing v. ToolanMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Teager v. City of FlemingsburgCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- City of Chicago v. BixbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Mayor City Coun., Cumberland v. TurneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1939
- Lewis v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Swain v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1936
- Henson v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
- Powers v. City of East St. LouisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
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