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WIDICUS v. SOUTHWESTERN ELEC. COOPERATIVE

Gen. No. 60-F-4.

26 Ill. App.2d 102 (1960)

167 N.E.2d 799

Edith Widicus, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied June 28, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Reed, of Edwardsville (Kenneth F. Kelly, of counsel) for appellant.

Donald C. Rikli, of Highland, and Cox, Smith, and Bassett, of Wood River, for appellee.

HOFFMAN, JUSTICE.

This appeal arises from a verdict entered in a personal injury action wherein plaintiff sued for injuries alleged to have been sustained by her when her car collided with a broken utility pole belonging to defendant.

The undisputed facts are these. On November 16, 1955, one of the defendant's poles was blown over by a high wind and was down across a public highway. Shortly after the pole had fallen, plaintiff, while driving her automobile...

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