McCutcheon v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for death caused by alleged wrongful act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Arthur H. Frost, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The negligence alleged in the declaration, which consists of one count, is that the defendant “wrongfully, negligently and without reasonable diligence suffered the said street, at the point aforesaid (about fifty feet north of the corner of Bobey and Fourteenth streets) to be and remain in bad and unsafe repair and condition, and unfit for travel, and divers of the blocks wherewith the said highway was paved, to be and remain uneven, loose, defective and removed from said public highway, leaving a hole or depression therein.”
The main questions of fact for the jury in this case were, first,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Hursen v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
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