Shaw v. Carrara

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs by their complaint filed in the circuit court of Cook county on April 30, 1940, sought damages for personal injuries suffered by them in Chicago on May 1, 1938, while they were passengers in a taxicab being-operated by the Yellow Cab Company, a corporation, such injuries resulting from the alleged negligence of the defendant in operating his automobile. A writ of summons was duly issued and the return of the sheriff showed that it was served on the defendant on May

3, 1940, by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of…