Meisenheimer v. City of Chester

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Marie Meisenheimer suffered personal injuries when she stepped into a hole in the surface of a street in Chester, Illinois. Before bringing a civil action against a local public entity, a person must serve notice under section 8 — 102 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, hereinafter referred to as Tort Immunity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 85, par. 8 — 102), which provides in part:

“Within 6 months from the date that the injury or cause of action, referred to in Sections 8 —…