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2 Ill. Ct. Cl. 284

Payne v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided November 19, 1914

Court of Claims of Illinois · decided 1914-11-19

<p>Non-liability of State — Morrissey v. State and Farmer v. State ante followed. This case is controlled hy the decisions of the Court in the cases of Morrissey v. State, supra, and Farmer v. State, supra.</p>

Decided 1914-11-19

¶1This is one of the so-called Utica bridge cases and its decision is controlled by the decisions in the Morrissey and Farmer cases.

¶2Claimant sustained a fracture of the right forearm below the elbow in the upper third. Both bones were fractured, the arm was in splints for about four or five weeks and is now a trifle crooked.

¶3It is the judgment of the Court, that the claim be denied, without prejudice to the right of claimant to present her claim to the legislature, and with the statement, that if it were within our power, we would award the claimant the sum of five hundred dollars.

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