Cooke v. Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway Co.

Appellee, Tull W. Cooke, began suit against appellant, the Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Railway Company, before a justice of the peace in La Salle county, to recover for injuries sustained by a horse belonging to appellee. There was a judgment in' favor of the appéllee for $74, and an appeal to the circuit court where there was a trial by jury and another judgment in favor of appellee for $74, and from that judgment this appeal was prosecuted.

The appellant was incorporated under the general railroad act and operated both passenger and freight cars and did a general railroad business. Between…