Neiman v. City of Chicago

This court allowed petitions for leave to appeal from an order granting a new trial in the suits of Edna Ripstein v. City of Chicago and Pearl Neiman and Tilva Paull v. City of Chicago. The petitions, filed in accordance with section 77 (2) of the Civil Practice Act, were based on the ground that the order of the trial court granting a new trial is void.

The case grew out of an accident caused by a collision of two automobiles. One automobile was owned and operated by William Pauli. Samuel and Edna Ripstein, Benjamin and Pearl Neiman, and Tilva Pauli were passengers in that automobile. Pauli…