City of Rockford v. Tripp
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by the appellee against the appellant, to recover for a personal injury caused by a runaway team. The defendant filed the general issue, and a trial was had, resulting in a verdict of $80 in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by the appellee against the appellant, to recover for a personal injury caused by a runaway team. The defendant filed the general issue, and a trial was had, resulting in a verdict of $80 in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant moved for a new trial, which the court overruled, and rendered judgment on the verdict, to which ruling the defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
This was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiff, Tripp, against the City of Rockford, to recover for injuries received by him in consequence of being run over while in the street, by a runaway team. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant appealed to this court.
The circumstances of the occurrence were, that in the fall of 1872, the city authorities caused ten hitching posts to be set on First street, in the city. On the first day of February, 1873, a double team, attached to a sleigh with a wood rack on, was tied to one of these posts by very strong halter straps. A single horse…
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