City of Gibson v. Murray
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;•—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. R. W. Hiuschfr, Judge, presiding. This is a suit, brought by the appellee against the appellant city on November 21, 1903, in the circuit court of Ford county to recover damages for personal injuries, sustained by appellee through a fall on March 28, 1903, upon a sidewalk in said city.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;•—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. R. W. Hiuschfr, Judge, presiding. This is a suit, brought by the appellee against the appellant city on November 21, 1903, in the circuit court of Ford county to recover damages for personal injuries, sustained by appellee through a fall on March 28, 1903, upon a sidewalk in said city. The trial below resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of appellee. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Court where the judgment has been affirmed. The facts are…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
In this case three instructions were given in behalf of appellee, and ten instructions were given in behalf of appellant. Four instructions, asked by the appellant, were refused, but no point is made in the argument of counsel as to the refusal of these instructions.
The evidence tends to show, and upon this point is not seriously contradicted, that the appellant city was guilty of negligence in allowing the sidewalk, at the place where the accident occurred, to remain defective and out of repair; and although there is some evidence to the effect that complaint in regard to its condition was…
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