City of Aurora v. Rockabrand
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Henry B. Willis, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Appellee recovered a judgment against appellant, in the circuit court of Kane county, for the sum of $5000, for a personal injury alleged to have been received by him through the negligence of the city in keeping its streets in a safe condition. The Appellate Court affirmed that judgment, and the city appeals.
The negligence charged in the first count of the declaration is, that the city “placed upon and permitted to remain in the middle of one of its streets, a large pile of gravel, and the plaintiff, not knowing the same was there, drove his wagon upon such pile of gravel, whereby it was…
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