City of Joliet v. Conway

The appellee, Maria Conway, recovered a judgment for two thousand dollars damages against the city of Joliet, appellant, for personal injuries occasioned by a fall on a sidewalk in said city. That the sidewalk was defective and that the corporate authorities had notice of its condition and were guilty of negligence, is not controverted. We find nothing in the testimony showing a want of reasonable care on the part of appellee, or that she was guilty of contributory negligence. . It is intimated that if she knew, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence might have ascertained, and with such…