KLAPKOWSKI v. CHICAGO, CITY OF

Gen. No. 47,697.

23 Ill. App.2d 222 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 865

Anastasia Klapkowski, Appellant, v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied November 18, 1959.

Released for publication November 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hectman and Penn, of Chicago (William N. Anthony and Harold L. Ward, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Melaniphy, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Sydney R. Drebin, and Harold M. Nudelman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel) for defendant-appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury action in which the defendant's motion for summary judgment was granted because of insufficient statutory notice of the injury. The plaintiff appeals.

The notice required under Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, ch. 24, sec. 1-11, is a written statement concerning the circumstances of the injury, signed by the claimant or his attorney...

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