Segal v. Chicago City Railway Co.

On December 14, 1915, Sol Segal, a minor eight years of age, by David Segal his next friend, instituted suit in the superior court of Cook county against the Chicago City Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $12,000. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled and judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District, and that court on December 2, 1919, reversed the judgment of the superior court without remanding the…