Hearst v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal by defendant, City of Chicago, from a judgment on a jury verdict for plaintiff, Barbara Hearst, for damages sustained in a faH upon a defective city sidewalk. Defendant raises the following issues on appeal:

1. Whether the City of Chicago was denied an opportunity to show that plaintiff used false testimony to prove her claim; and

2. Whether the facts discovered after trial entitled the City to a new trial.

The facts are as follows:

On November 14, 1963, at 6:00 P.M., plaintiff testified that she left a grocery store at the intersection of Howard and Rogers streets in Chicago…