City of Waukegan v. Sharafinski

Mr. Presiding Justice Willis

delivered the opinion of the court..This was an action on the case brought by appellee, Sophia Sharafinski, in the Circuit Court of Lake county, against appellant, the city of Waukegan, to recover damages for injuries claimed to have been sustained by a fall upon a sidewalk of appellant, caused by her stepping into a hole in the same or by the breaking of a board underneath her.

The declaration in two counts, in substance, charged that on the 28th day of July, 1906, appellant had possession and control of a certain public sidewalk on a certain public street known as…