Secco v. Chicago Transit Authority

Plaintiff filed her statement of claim in the municipal court of Chicago for personal injuries sustained as a result of defendant’s negligence and asked judgment in the sum of $5,000. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss, on the ground that the court did not have jurisdiction, and was sustained by the trial court. Plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court and the cause was transferred to this court.

The jurisdiction of the trial court rests upon an amendment to the Municipal Court Act passed at the 1951 session of the legislature, known as House. Bill 1188 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 37, par.…