Reed v. Alton Water Co.

During the winter of 1935-1936, which was severely cold, a water meter of the Alton Water Company became frozen and as a consequence the escaping water ran into Doris street and thence down a hill to where Doris street intersects Broadway. Here the accumulating water froze and formed an ice coating over the pavement of about six inches in depth, the surface of this ice being rough and bumpy and more or less honeycombed with holes.

On February 25, 1936, plaintiff, together with her husband and child, were visiting at the home of Earl Henry in Wood River. At about seven o’clock in the evening…