ECKEL v. CITY OF SULLIVAN

No. 11355.

3 Ill. App.3d 342 (1972)

277 N.E.2d 890

JENNIE B. ECKEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

January 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sims and Grabb, of Mattoon, and Allen F. Bennett, of Sullivan, (Nolan K. Sims, of counsel,) for appellant.

Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, (Richard F. Record, Jr. and Jack E. Horsley, of counsel,) for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff sued defendant for injuries sustained from a fall alleged to have been caused by a defective city sidewalk. The trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice, finding that there was a failure to state a cause of action and that the complaint failed to allege that notice was personally served upon the City Clerk within the language of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967,...

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