Reeves v. City of Springfield

On March 9, 1968, Plaintiff-Appellant, Patrick John Reeves, then five years of age, was playing in an alley between South Street Court and 13th Street in the City of Springfield, Illinois. Also playing in the alley was Brian Greeley who was six years old at the time of this unfortunate incident. During the course of their play, Brian picked up a discarded automobile license plate, from the alley, threw it, and plaintiff was struck in the left eye which was subsequently enucleated because of the injury.

Plaintiff sued the City of Springfield. The substance of the Complaint is that the defendant…