Smith v. Illinois Power Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was' brought by the plaintiff, Laura A. Smith, against the defendant, Illinois Power Company, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her caused by her tripping over a guy wire bracing an electric light pole owned by the defendant. The pole stood in the parking between the sidewalk and the curb on the east side of Evans avenue in the City of DeKalb. It appears from the evidence that the defendant, under a franchise granted to it by the City of DeKalb, maintained and controlled in the streets of that city,…