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Cipich v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Apr 11, 1946
328 Ill. App. 580 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)

Opinion

Gen. No. 43,276. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed April 11, 1946 Released for publication May 16, 1946

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, § 301defective statutory notice in personal injury suit against city as requiring court to direct verdict. In action against city of Chicago for injuries sustained when plaintiff fell into large unlighted hole in sidewalk, where it appeared that statutory notice, served on city two months after injury occurred, was unsigned by plaintiff, her agent or attorney, held that failure to sign such notice was not compliance with statute and required court to direct verdict (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945; ch. 24, pars. 1-11, 1-12; Jones Ill. State. Ann. 21.1121, 21.1122).

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. ORAL P. TUTTLE, Judge, presiding.

Judgment affirmed. Heard in the second division, first district, this court at the December term, 1944.

Coghlan Coghlan, for appellant;

John P. Coghlan, of counsel;

Barnet Hodes, Corporation Counsel, for appellee;

J. Herzl Segal and Adam E. Patterson, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed April 11, 1946; released for publication May 16, 1946.


Summaries of

Cipich v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Apr 11, 1946
328 Ill. App. 580 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)
Case details for

Cipich v. City of Chicago

Case Details

Full title:Rose Cipich, Appellant, v. City of Chicago, Appellee

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Apr 11, 1946

Citations

328 Ill. App. 580 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)
66 N.E.2d 527

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