Maxwell v. Durkin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Personal Injuries.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
Agnes Durkin, a child aged eight years, was on June 26, 1894. injured—her left leg being broken, which it is claimed caused a permanent tipping of the pelvis and curvature of the spine—by two horses of appellants at the crossing of Ashland avenue and Twentieth street, Chicago, she being run over by the horses while on her way home from school.
A trial before the court and jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in her favor of $3,000, from which this appeal is prosecuted.
The first and second counts of the declaration are based upon an ordinance of the city imposing a penalty for permitting…
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