City of St. Charles v. Hannon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. In the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Henry B. Willis, Judge, presiding. Declaration in case; plea of not guilty; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the May term, 1894,
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Lacey
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
The appellee recovered in this case a judgment against appellant for damages resulting to her by reason of a fall on its sidewalk which it failed to keep in ordinary good repair, or to exercise care to do so, and of which defective condition it had notice by the lapse of time after it was in an unsafe condition.
The verdict was for $2,000, and the court gave judgment thereon. From this judgment this appeal is taken.
It appears that on the 19th November, 1892, appellee, accompanied by her daughter Jessie, had been down town from her…
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