City of Chicago v. Kubler

Appellant brings the record here for review from a judgment against it in favor of appellee for $4,500, for a personal injury to appellee, resulting from the negligent and defective maintenance of the east approach to a bridge crossing the Chicago river at Erie street in appellant municipality. The injuries suffered by appellee were severe. His foot was amputated first and twice thereafter he underwent amputations of the leg, occasioned, we gather from the evidence, by the presence of septic symptoms arising from infection absorbed into his system from the mud in the street being ground into…