City of Chicago v. McCarthy

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Cook county, obtained by Mary A. McCarthy against the city of Chicago, in an action on the case for negligence in suffering a certain sidewalk in Sampson street to be out of repair, by reason whereof the plaintiff alleges she fell on the sidewalk, and being then heavy with child, a premature birth ensued of a dead child.

The jury found the defendant guilty, and assessed the damages at one thousand dollars, for which judgment was rendered, a motion for a new trial having been overruled.

To reverse this judgment the city appeals, and…