Gallagher v. City of St. Paul

This case was fairly presented to the jury, and the evidence warranted the verdict rendered, provided there was no error of law committed by the court. It appeared from the evidence that there was a pile of lumber near the center of Chestnut street, in the city of St. Paul, at a point between the crossing of several railroad tracks and the Mississippi river. The plaintiff’s intestate, driving a horse and wagon on this street, towards the river, had passed the tracks, when his horse, frightened by tho whistle of a locomotive, became unmanageable, and, coming in contact with this pile of…