Lau v. City of Chicago

Mr. Presiding Justice Chytraus

delivered the opinion of the court.

The undry concrete sidewalk at the time and place in question was certainly not reasonably safe for public travel. The jury were clearly justified in finding and returning a verdict, in effect, that permitting persons to use the sidewalk, at the time and place in question, for public travel, was a lack of exercise of ordinary care on the part of whoever was charged with the duty to then and there exercise such care in order to prevent injury to persons rightfully using the sidewalk.

We regard the city of Chicago as liable, and,…