Swenson v. City of Aurora

This is an action on the case commenced by Jacob Swenson, the appellee, in the Circuit Court of Kane county, against the appellants, the City of Aurora,, to recover damages for injuries which appellee claims he received by inadvertently stepping into a hole in a defective sidewalk, situated on the west side of LaSalle street between Washington street and North avenue, in front of a place called Jennings Seminary, and located about fifty feet north of the intersection of North avenue and LaSalle street.

Appellee claims that the injuries which he received by the fall resulted in a permanent…