Galway v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John Stele, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff, while a minor, through her next friend, her mother, obtained a judgment against defendant for personal injuries in the Circuit Court of Cook county for $450 and costs. This judgment was assigned by the next friend to the attorney who prosecuted the case and he paid to her the amount due less his lawful charges and afterwards filed a satisfaction piece with the clerk of the court, who satisfied the judgment of record.
The next-friend mother was a deserted wife, with four children, who worked to support her family. The…
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