City of Beardstown v. Clark
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard iu that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Thomas N. Mehan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr. Chief Justice Hand
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an action on the case, commenced in the circuit court of Cass county by Nellie J. Clark, against the city of Beardstown, to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained by her by means of a defective board in a sidewalk situated upon one of the public streets in said city giving way as she stepped thereon. The jury returned a verdict in her favor for §2080, and, upon a remittitur of §580 being entered, the court overruled a motion for a new trial and rendered judgment upon the verdict for §1500, which…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Stewart v. ClarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915
- Long v. City of Rock IslandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924
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