Owens v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. H. Frost, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is an appeal by the City of Chicago from a judgment rendered against it in the Circuit Court of Cook County in favor of Mary Owens, appellee, who sued the City of Chicago, appellant, to recover damages for alleged injuries claimed to result from the negligence of the city respecting one of its sidewalks.
The original declaration filed June 10, 1904, consisted of one count which averred in substance that the City of Chicago was, on February 23, 1904, in possession and control of a certain public sidewalk on the east side of…
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