City of Joliet v. Johnson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
He. Presiding Justice Ceabtree
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
This was an action on the case, for the recovery of damages for injuries claimed to have been sustained by appellee, in consequence of a fall on a defective sidewalk, in the city of Joliet, on September 29, 1894. On a trial by jury appellee recovered a verdict for §1,500. A motion for new trial was overruled and judgment rendered on the verdict.
It appears from the evidence that on the day of her injury, appellee and two lady friends were walking north on Collins street, in the city of Joliet, toward her home, when one of the…
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