Hayes v. Chicago Transit Authority

In a complaint filed in the circuit court of Cook county on October 29,1948, by Gertrude Hayes against the Chicago Transit Authority, a municipal corporation, she alleged that because of the negligence or wilful and wanton conduct of defendant’s servants in the operation of a streetcar on January 8, 1948, on 63rd street near the Englewood Union Station in Chicago, and while in the exercise of due care for her own safety, she suffered injuries for which she asked damages of $25,000. Paragraph 7 of the complaint reads:

“7. That subsequent to January 8, 1948, and within six months from the said…