Johnson v. City of Rockford

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Porter S. Johnson, from an order of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County granting a motion by the defendant City of Rockford to strike count I of plaintiff’s complaint and dismissing the complaint as to said defendant, and also from a summary judgment entered by that court in favor of Tom Harkey, defendant in Count II of the complaint.

About 6:15 A.M. on February 23, 1959, plaintiff was walking east along the north side of 23rd Avenue near its intersection with Kishwaukee Street in Eockford. Tom Harkey operated a service station on property which was owned…