Mareck v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Sears
delivered the opinion of the court.
Inasmuch as another trial of this cause must be awarded we will not discuss the evidence at length. It is enough to say that the evidence is such that it can not be said that the appellant may not recover. The contention of counsel for appellee that the judgment should be affirmed irrespective of errors of procedure, because no recovery could in any event be sustained, is not tenable. It is true, as argued, that mere slipperiness of a sidewalk, occasioned by ice or snow, not being accumulated so as to constitute an obstruction, is…
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