Appellate Court of Illinois, 1914

Ballance v. City of Granite City

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided July 28, 1914 · Harris

188 Ill. App. 315

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Harris

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Municipal corporations, § 1098*—when verdict for injuries resulting from defective sidewalk sustained by the evidence. In an action against a city for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff by tripping and falling by reason of the defective condition of a sidewalk which it was alleged the defendant negligently permitted to remain out of repair, a verdict for plaintiff on conflicting evidence held not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

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