Mindeman v. Sanitary District

The Appellate Court for the First District having granted a certificate of importance, this writ of error is brought to review its judgment affirming a judgment of the superior court in favor of August Mindeman, administrator of the estate of Roy Mindeman, deceased, in his action against the Sanitary District of Chicago, arising out of the accidental drowning of Roy Mindeman, a child five years and ten months old, in the canal of defendant.

The Sanitary District of Chicago is a municipal corporation organized under the laws of this State. In order to take care of the sewage of that part of the…