Anthony v. Cass County Home Telephone Co.

This is an action on the case to recover the value of a span of horses belonging to the plaintiff, claimed to have been killed between 6 and 7 o’clock p. m. on July 21, 1907, as a result of the negligence of the defendant. The defendant is a corporation organized for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a telephone system in the city of Dowagiac, and prior to the death of the horses it had commenced the erection of its plant. At the time of their death, the horses were being driven by a brother of the plaintiff, who was a milkman, and in passing through an alley extending from North street…