Morehouse v. City of Dixon

Lacy, J:

This was a suit brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to recover damages occasioned by a fall on a sidewalk in the city of Dixon, June 20, 1884, by reason of which one of his legs was injured and had to be amputated below the knee. The charge in the declaration is that the sidewalk by reason of the negligence of the defendant in error was allowed to become defective, there being large unguarded spaces between the planks, and that the plaintiff in error, while exercising due care, stumbled, slipped and fell and received severe injuries, suffering the…