Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Hart
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Winnebago County; the Hon. J. Y. Eustace, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, P. J.
This suit was commenced before a Justice of the Peace, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court; and a former judgment herein was reversed in this court. 13 Ill. App. 186.
The object of the litigation was to recover the value of two colts belonging to appellee claimed to have strayed upon the right of way and railroad track of appellant through a defective cattle guard, and to have been killed by its locomotive and cars.
The younger of the colts may be considered as now eliminated from the case, as the jury very properly found that it was billed at a public highway crossing and the railway…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Chicago v. PowersIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
- Kent v. Town of LincolnSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Walker v. Town of WestfieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1867
- City of Aurora v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883
- Wallace v. WrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
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