Larson v. Central Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Trespass to personal property. In the Circuit Court of Peoria County, on appeal from a justice of the peace; the Hon, Nicholas E. Worthington, Judge, presiding. Trial by jury; verdict and judgment for defendant; appeal by plaintiff. Heal'd in this court at the May term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding- Justice Lacey
delivered the opinion op the Court.
This was a suit commenced by appellant before a justice of the peace to recover the price of a horse killed by an electric shock from a wire charged with electricity loose in the streets, claimed to be caused by the negligence of appellee, the owner and conductor under charge of an electric street railway.
■ The appellant recovered before the justice, but on appeal to the Circuit Court and trial by jury, a verdict was found in favor of appellee and judgment rendered against appellant for costs; from this judgment this appeal is…
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