Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Hogarth

This was an action on the case, brought by the appellee against the railway company, for injury to the horses and wagon of the former. He recovered a verdict for one thousand dollars, but the court below compelled him to remit two hundred dollars, or submit to a new trial. The company appealed.

The team of the appellee, drawing a wagon heavily loaded with tierces of bacon, was passing through an alley leading from a packing house, and crossing the railway, in the City of Chicago. The alley ran diagonally to the railroad, and at the crossing the wagon stalled, the near forward wheel having…