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  "name": "John F. Devine, Administrator, Appellant, v. The South Park Commissioners, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Devine v. South Park Commissioners",
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  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 17,930",
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    "parties": [
      "John F. Devine, Administrator, Appellant, v. The South Park Commissioners, Appellee."
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        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Craves\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Lee D. Mathias and Charles H. Robinson, for appellant.",
      "Robert Redfield, for appellee; Tolman & Redfield and Henry P. Chandler, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "John F. Devine, Administrator, Appellant, v. The South Park Commissioners, Appellee.\nGen. No. 17,930.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. McSubelt, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed October 15, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by John F. Devine, administrator of the estate of Jacob Adelman, deceased, against the South Park. Commissioners, a corporation, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nParks, \u00a7 9 \u2014when park commissioners liable. An action cannot be maintained against park commissioners as a body corporate for negligence resulting in damage or injury to individuals, since such commissioners are a body corporate exercising political functions.\nLee D. Mathias and Charles H. Robinson, for appellant.\nRobert Redfield, for appellee; Tolman & Redfield and Henry P. Chandler, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XIV, same topic and section number."
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