Morse v. Sweenie
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Coolc county; the Hou, Sidney Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action by Morse against Sweenie, to recover for the value of a horse which had been killed by being struck in the breast by the end of one of the shafts of a one-horse vehicle, which was, at the time, being driven by Sweenie.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Coolc county; the Hou, Sidney Smith, Judge, presiding. This was an action by Morse against Sweenie, to recover for the value of a horse which had been killed by being struck in the breast by the end of one of the shafts of a one-horse vehicle, which was, at the time, being driven by Sweenie. It appeared in evidence, on the trial, that the plaintiff was a livery stable keeper; that about half past ten o’clock p. m., October 27, 1882, plaintiff’s horses and carriage, in the charge of one of his drivers, were carrying some persons westward on West Harrison…
1Opinion of the CourtMcAllister, J.
The collision in question occurred at the junction of West Harrison and Des Plaines streéts, which cross each other at right angles. The plaintiff’s team and carriage, in charge of one of his drivers, going west on said Harrison street, came to a point near the northeast corner of said streets, when the defendant, driving south on ¡said Des Plaines street, suddenly turned around said corner onto Harrison, to go east thereon.
The point was made on the trial, that plaintiff’s driver was, at the time of the collision, violating the “law of the road,” as it is called; that is, that he was not on…
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