Boender v. City of Harvey

This is an action of trespass instituted by the appellee against the appellant in the circuit court of Cook county for injuries alleged to have been received by him between four and five o’clock in the afternoon of July 16, 1904, in the city of Harvey, by tripping and falling against a pile of timbers in the parkway of Center avenue. The trial resulted in a verdict of $750 in favor of appellee, which was affirmed on appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District. A certificate of importance being granted, this appeal followed.

Center avenue runs north and south and is eighty feet wide.…