BYBEE v. CITY OF COLLINSVILLE

HIGHWAYS AND STREETS, § 459 — slight depression of portion of sidewalk not actionable defect. In action against city, adjacent property owners and plumber, who had made repairs on behalf of property owners necessitating removal of portion of sidewalk, to recover damages resulting from fall thereon, judgment for defendants notwithstanding verdict was justified where depressed area in sidewalk, allegedly causing fall, was about 1 1/2 inches or smaller and reasonably safe as matter of law.

Opinion by JUSTICE SMITH.

Not to be published in full. Opinion filed September 22, 1947; released for publication October 22, 1947.