City of Chicago v. Bixby
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by the appellee against the appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an alleged defective sidewalk. A trial was had, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $2000, to reverse which this appeal was taken.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
Appellee, in passing along Green street, in the city of Chicago, slipped and fell, and broke her leg. She thereupon sued the city to recover damages for the injury, charging negligence on the part of the city in constructing the walk at the place of the accident. At the place where appellee fell, a portion of the walk was up to grade, and a portion ten or twelve inches below grade, and to enable persons to pass conveniently, a step had been placed at the intersection of the two walks, about six or seven inches wide and two inches thick; extending1 the entire width of the sidewalk, and it was…
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