City of Quincy v. Barker

Citations

• 81 Ill. 300

Syllabus

<p>1. Cities and towns—liability of, for defects in streets and, sidewalks. Obstructions or defects in the streets or sidewalks of a town or city, to make the corporation liable for injury occasioned thereby, must be of such a nature that they are in themselves dangerous, and can not be readily detected, or such that a person exercising ordinary prudence can not avoid danger or injury in passing them.</p> <p>2. Negligence—by pasty injured upon public street. If a person, who is acquainted with a sidewalk over which he is passing in daylight, walks upon a portion of it which is obstructed with an accumulation of ice, when there is plenty of space on either side for him to pass along and avoid such obstruction, he is guilty of such want of care as to preclude his recovery from the city for any injury he may sustain by reason of such obstruction.</p>