McKinnon v. Yellow Cab Co.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting plaintiffs’ petition, pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110, par. 72), to vacate an earlier order of the court striking the complaint and dismissing the suit.

The original action arose when a vehicle in which plaintiffs were riding collided with a taxicab owned by defendant Yellow Cab Company and operated by its employee, defendant Robert G. Sparling. Plaintiffs filed a complaint on March 17, 1972, alleging negligence on the part of Sparling in the operation of the cab.

After…