Legal Opinion

City of Chicago v. Leseth

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 14, 1892PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richakd W. Clifeobd, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Moran. J.

This appeal is prosecuted from ■ a judgment against the city for an injury received by appellee by stepping into a hole in the sidewalk.

We have fully considered all the points made by the counsel for appellant, some of which are strenuously and ingeniously pressed, but we are not able to say that any error was made upon the trial, either in admitting or excluding evidence or in instructing the jury. The evidence fully sustains the verdiet so far as the appellant’s liability is concerned, and yet we affirm the judgment with reluctance on account of the amount thereof.

The jury returned…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Berger v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
  2. Chicago City Railway Co. v. TaylorAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
  3. West Chicago Street Railroad v. BodeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894

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