Kerr v. Forgue

This was an action on the case, commenced^ by appellee against appellant, for negligence in placing counters and barrels on the public street, by means whereof the son of appellee was injured. A trial by jury was had below, and plaintiff recovered a verdict for fifty dollars.

The proof shows that appellant, prior to the injury, had placed upon the sidewalk, in Kankakee City, a number of barrels and counters, in a tottering condition, and occupying a considerable portion of the walk; that one of the counters was eighteen or twenty feet in length, and that these obstructions interfered with a…