Case Name: Howard L. Delaney, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1952-02-08
Citations: 21 Ill. Ct. Cl. 191
Docket Number: No. 4479
Parties: Howard L. Delaney, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 191–191

Head Matter:
(No. 4479
Howard L. Delaney, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed February 8, 1952.
Anton B. Mutz, Attorney for Claimant.
Ivan A. Elliott, Attorney General; C. Arthur Nebel, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

Opinion:
Schuman, C. J.
The respondent has filed a motion to dismiss the claim filed herein on the ground that the complaint is insufficient in law, because it fails to allege respondent had actual or constructive notice of the defect alleged in the complaint.
In order to charge the State with negligence, it is necessary to allege that the State had actual or constructive notice of the defect, and that said defect was dangerous and unsafe for ordinary travel.
The complaint fails to charge such notice, and the motion to dismiss is sustained.