Griswold v. Chicago Railways Co.

Louise Griswold filed an action in the superior court of Cook county against several street railway companies doing business as the Chicago Surface Lines to recover damages for personal injuries received by her. We shall refer to the parties to the suit as plaintiff and defendants. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in amount of $25,000 and judgment was entered thereon. Defendants appealed the cause to the Appellate Court for the First District, where the judgment was affirmed, and this court granted defendants’ petition for writ of certiorari to review the record.

Plaintiff was…