Roumbos v. City of Chicago

This writ of certiorari granted on the petition of the city of Chicago brings before us for review the record of a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county against the city for negligently causing the death of Marie Roumbos, and the question presented is whether the city is liable for damages caused by the negligence of an employee of the street-cleaning department of the city in performing his duty.

Marie Roumbos, a little girl four years old, was living with her parents on the second floor of a building which stood on the…