Hey v. Hawkins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frederick A. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Fred Hawkins, the appellee, owned a horse which while harnessed to a coal team with two other horses was injured by the carelessness or wilful ness of a servant of the appellant, who drove a wagon over its front hoof.
The appellee called a veterinary surgeon and had the horse treated for the injury. About three months afterward the appellee brought suit against appellant before a justice of the peace. The defendant made defau.lt and a judgment was rendered for $125. The defendant afterward appealed” to the Circuit Court, and there on a trial a jury assessed the plaintiff’s damages at $188.50.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lycoming Fire Insurance v. JacksonIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Atwood v. Boston Forwarding & Transfer Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Travis v. PiersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
- Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. IrvinIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
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- Kidd & Co. v. North American Provision Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1928