City of Taylorville v. Stafford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian County; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee recovered a judgment of $1,000 for-injuries sustained by her in tripping and falling over a stub projecting from one of appellant’s sidewalks.
The chief ground for urging a reversal is that the verdict is not supported by the evidence. The evidence shows that while appellee, an elderly lady, was passing along one of appellant’s plank sidewalks, she struck her foot against a wooden stub which projected above the sidewalk about two inches-, and was thereby thrown to the ground with such force as to break her left arm. The…
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