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PELIN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Gen. No. 48,379.

32 Ill. App.2d 458 (1961)

178 N.E.2d 408

Joseph Pelin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

October 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyle, Havey & Gager, of Chicago, for appellant.

John C. Melaniphy, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Sydney R. Drebin and Rita Ivy Epstein, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

On December 8, 1953, Joseph Pelin was walking northward on the west sidewalk of Sheridan Road in the City of Chicago. As he came to the south curb of Dakin Street, an east-west street, he fell because of the allegedly defective condition of the curb.

On the date of the accident Dakin Street was under the jurisdiction of the City of Chicago, but Sheridan Road was under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Park...

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