Book v. Aschenbrenner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
delivered' the opinion of the court.
Guy Book sued Andrew Asehenbrenner before a justice of the peace of Lee county to recover the value of a horse which Book claimed was killed by reason of the negligent driving of an automobile by Aschenbrenner. Book obtained a judgment for $200 and Aschenbrenner appealed to the Circuit Court of said county. There Book obtained a verdict and a judgment for $170 from which Asehenbrenner appeals.
Cm April 15, 1910, appellee and his wife were driving west in a 'top buggy drawn by one horse along the Franklin G-rove Bo ad toward the city of Dixon. The top of the…
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