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LITTLE MACKINAW, TOWN OF v. CHISM

Gen. No. 9,786.

344 Ill. App. 582 (1951)

101 N.E.2d 866

Town of Little Mackinaw, situated in Tazewell County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don M. Chism, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication December 3, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DEMPSEY & KUHFUSS, of Pekin, for appellant.

WILLIAM R. BACH, WILLIAM J. BACH, and L. EARL BACH, all of Bloomington, for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant-appellee, Don M. Chism, hereinafter called the defendant, through his agent, operated a truck loaded with a heavy bulldozer and blade upon and over a bridge known as Beal Bridge in Little Mackinaw Township in Tazewell county, Illinois. While so doing, the bridge collapsed. The first trial resulted in a disagreement. In the second suit by the Township for damages, a jury found the defendant...

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