City of Chicago v. Hoy

This was an action on the case, brought by Hoy, the appellee, against the city of Chicago, to recover for damages sustained in consequence of an obstruction in a street of the city.

The obstruction consisted of a dead horse, which had died in the street from colic, the property of some hackman. Hoy was driving his horse and wagon along the street, accompanied by his wife, and his horse, on coming to where the dead horse lay, took fright thereat, and became unmanageable, and ran away, upsetting the wagon, and throwing Hoy and his wife violently upon the ground, injuring them and the wagon and…