City of Highland Park v. Gerkin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action on the case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake County; the- Hon. Charles H. Donnelly, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
On the 12th day of April, 1901, appellee, while passing over one of appellant’s sidewalks, fell and received injuries for which she brought suit. The declaration charges that the sidewalk over which appellee was walking at the time of her fall was in a bad and unsafe condition of repair, and that the planking and stringers of which it was composed were old, rotten, loose, broken and unfastened, and that appellee, by reason of these conditions, unavoidably and without fault on her part, tripped and stumbled upon the loose and unfastened plank and was thereby thrown to the ground and injured.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Aurora v. HillmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Village of Clayton v. BrooksIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Central Railway Co. v. BannisterIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Illinois Central Railroad v. JerniganIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Village of Lockport v. LichtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904