Cox v. Brackett
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. "Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought in the court below by Joshua A. Brackett against William Cox, George A. Hall and J. H. Marsh, for the recovery of damages for injhries alleged to have been received on being run over by the horses of the defendants while the same were running away through the carelessness and mismanagement of the latter! The declaration contained no averment…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. "Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case brought in the court below by Joshua A. Brackett against William Cox, George A. Hall and J. H. Marsh, for the recovery of damages for injhries alleged to have been received on being run over by the horses of the defendants while the same were running away through the carelessness and mismanagement of the latter! The declaration contained no averment of the exercise of due care on the part of the plaintiff to avoid the injury. A judgment being rendered for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action on the case brought in the Cook Circuit Court at the March Term, 1864, by Joshua A. Brackett against William Cox and others for suffering their horses, by reason of their carelessness and mismanagement, to break away from them, and with force and violence run against and upon the plaintiff, knocking him down, breaking his bones and otherwise disabling him, so that he became sick and sore, lame and disordered, and so remained for a long time, suffering great pain, and was hindered and prevented from attending to his ordinary business, by which he lost great profits, and was…
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