Rayfield v. Park

Mr. Presiding Justice Adams

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to reverse a judgment rendered in a suit by Stella Bayfield, a minor, by her next friend, against Sans Souci Park, a corporation, and the Marshall Amusement Company, also a corporation. The case is one of the fourth class, in which no formal pleadings are required, but, in lieu of a declaration, the plaintiff, in case the suit is for a tort, is required by section 40 of the “Act in relation to a Municipal Court in the city of Chicago”, to file “a brief statement of the nature of the tort, and such ' further…