Joyner v. State

This is an action brought by claimant, Carrie Joyner, against respondent, State of Illinois, to recover the sum of $7,500.00 in damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on July 2, 1953, as the result of a fall, when she allegedly stepped into a hole in the curbing at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Ozark Street in the City of Chicago.

It is admitted by respondent that the location, including the curbing mentioned above, is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways of the State of Illinois, for all purposes of…