( Carlin v. City of Chicago (1914), 262 Ill. 564, 572.) In Bregar v. Suggett (1972), 7 Ill. App.3d 325, 327, the court noted that although Carlin was decided prior to the more liberal provisions of the Civil Practice Act, it, nonetheless, suggested the following criteria in determining if the amendment stated the same cause of action: "Would the same evidence be appropriate to prove both the original complaint and amendment?