Buckley v. City of Chicago

Defendant, City of Chicago, appeals from a judgment in the sum of $34,500 entered on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between two automobiles at the intersection of two streets. Motions for directed verdict, judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial were overruled.

The basic question presented is whether the failure of the City to maintain a stop sign at the intersection of a street designated by a city ordinance to be a “through street” was the proximate cause of the injuries here complained of.

January 13,…