Budek v. City of Chicago

This writ of error seeks the reversal of a judgment for $50,000 entered in favor of plaintiff, Emily Budek, upon the verdict of a jury in an action of trespass on the case for damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while riding as a guest in an automobile, caused, as she claims, by the negligence of the city in permitting a portion of the roadway to be broken, rough, depressed and uneven.

The accident happened Sunday evening, February 15, 1931, at about 7:45 p. m. Plaintiff was riding as a passenger in an automobile being driven south on Western avenue between 76th and 77th…