Blakeslee's Express & Van Co. v. Ford
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case.—Death from negligence. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch' Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
Appellee sues to recover for the death of her husband, George Ford, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant’s servants. At the first trial the court directed a verdict for the defendant, but afterward granted a new trial. A second trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and damages were assessed at $3,500. From the judgment rendered accordingly, this appeal is prosecuted.
The undisputed facts are that about ten o’clock in the morning of October 31, 1894, a piano truck or wagon belonging to appellant, was proceeding westward on Washington boulevard, the horses driven by one of…
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