Legal Opinion
McEvoy v. Brown
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 7, 1958No. Gen. 10,149PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE REYNOLDS
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, Mary McEvoy, seventy-two years of age, sued her son-in-law Eobert S. Brown, claiming she was attacked or injured by the dog of the defendant, by reason of its running into or against her in such a manner that she fell or was knocked from her back steps and broke her ankle. The dog belonged to the defendant son-in-law, and had been brought to the home of the plaintiff by her two grandsons, children of the defendant. At that time the plaintiff was living in her own home at 890 West William Street in Decatur, Illinois. The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- People ex rel. Cameron v. FlynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
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