Consolidated Fireworks Co. of America v. Koehl
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action on the case, brought by appellee against the city of LaSalle, Isaac Guthman and fourteen other persons, constituting a committee of fifteen who had charge of a Fourth of July celebration in the city of LaSalle in the year 1895, and the Consolidated Fireworks Company of America, to recover damages for an injury to his person sustained by reason of the explosion of certain fireworks at said celebration.
The declaration; as amended, charged negligence in the selection of an unfit and dangerous place at which to discharge said fireworks; in permitting people who were witnessing…
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