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GREIG v. CITY OF PARK RIDGE

Gen. No. 49,274.

49 Ill. App.2d 237 (1964)

199 N.E.2d 609

Nellie Greig, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. City of Park Ridge, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Bernard Bishop, d/b/a Bishop Tree and Landscape Service, Defendant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

May 28, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Stoffels, of Park Ridge, and Tom L. Yates, of Chicago (L.J. Locke, of counsel), for appellant.

Dale, Haffner, Grow & Overgaard, of Chicago (Mitchell J. Overgaard, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the City of Park Ridge from a judgment on a verdict for $6,000 for personal injuries sustained as the result of a fall which plaintiff charges was caused by a stump left by the city in a parkway. Defendant Bishop operates a tree and landscape service, and his services are used by the city to cut down dead and diseased trees. On April 10, 1961, Bishop cut down a tree, leaving the...

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