Anderson v. Scholey

This was an action by William Scholey against Mason W. Anderson and Timothy McHenry to recover damages for an inj ary sustained by the overturning of a stage-coach in which the plaintiff was being carried as a passenger, and of which Anderson and McHenry, who were partners, were the proprietors.

The complaint charges that the defendants undertook to *554carry the plaintiff from the city of Aurora to Eising Sun on the evening of the 15th day of January, 1885, and that by reason of the negligence of the defendants in failing to provide lights, the night being dark, so as to enable the driver to see…