City of McLeansboro v. Trammel
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County; the Hon. Edmund D. Youngblood, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Myers
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This was an action on the case by appellee against appellant, to recover for injuries received by appellee by reason of a defect in a plank footway or crossing in one of appellant’s streets.
The crossing in controversy was constructed of six two-inch oak plank, eight inches- wide, resting upon cross-pieces four or five feet apart. One plank, the second from the side, was broken a few inches from one of the cross-pieces, and also at the point of rest upon the cross-piece. The broken ends of the plank rested upon the ground five or more inches beneath the…
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