City of Chicago v. Gilmore
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. JOSEPE H. Gm, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1905. Statement by the Court. This is an appeal by the city of Chicago from a judgment rendered November 19, 1904, by the Superior Court of Cook County against it for $3,000 in favor of Kittie G-ilmore.
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Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. JOSEPE H. Gm, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1905. Statement by the Court. This is an appeal by the city of Chicago from a judgment rendered November 19, 1904, by the Superior Court of Cook County against it for $3,000 in favor of Kittie G-ilmore. The judgment was on the verdiet of a jury, in an action for personal injuries received by the plaintiff, Xittie Qilmore, through a defective public sidewalk under the control of the city of Chicago. The action was begun by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbowk
In this case the demurrer to the Statute of Limitations of two years should have been overruled. A new cause of action was introduced by the amendment of the declaration on October 5, 1904, and it was a personal injury sustained in 1901. The defendant by the declaration before it was amended was charged with having the duty to maintain in reasonably safe condition a public sidewalk on the north side of Thirty-eighth street near the intersection of Princeton avenue and Thirty-eighth street, and between Princeton avenue and Shields avenue in Chicago, with having neglected that duty, in…
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- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. WieczorekIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Chicago City Railway Co. v. McMeenIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Hamlin v. ReynoldsIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Town of Cicero v. BartelmeIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
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- Carlin v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913