Frey v. City of Chicago

The Appellate Court for the First District reversed, without remanding, a judgment entered in the circuit court of Cook county in favor of Bertha Frey, against the city of Chicago, for the sum of $12,000. The record is before us as a return to a writ of certiorari.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff in error (hereinafter called plaintiff) by reason of a defective sidewalk in the city of Chicago. About five months after the accident, and before the commencement of the action, plaintiff by her attorneys gave a statutory notice to the city authorities…