City of Mt. Carmel v. Howell

Per Curiam :

This was an action on the case, in the circuit court of Wabash county, brought by appellee, as administrator of the estate of Florence Glick, deceased, against the city of Mt. Carmel, appellant, to recover for the death of the intestate, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of appellant in permitting an excavation to remain open at the junction of Third and Market streets, by reason of which the deceased received an injury of which she died. The cause was tried at the November term, 1889, before the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for…