Legal Opinion
Graham v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 23, 1931No. Gen. No. 34,810PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Plaintiff, while walking on the sidewalk on North Lawndale Avenue near Ohio Street, Chicago, slipped upon an icy place and received severe injuries. Upon trial of her action for damages she had a verdict for $16,000. From the judgment thereon defendant appeals.
The Byerson School is a public school in the city of Chicago with a playground extending from the school building to the north side of Ohio Street and the west side of Lawndale Avenue. A skating pond was constructed in the playground by erecting a clay embankment and flooding the enclosure with water which would freeze. The side of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- City of Chicago v. BabcockIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Reedy v. St. Louis Brewing Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Holbert v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Boyland v. City of ParkersburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
- City of Muncie v. HeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Shepard v. City of AuroraAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- Puck v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1935
- Trojan v. City of Blue IslandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1956
- Riccitelli v. SternfeldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1953
- Casper v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
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