Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Co. v. Alton Branch of the Illinois Humane Society
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
dehvered the opinion of the court.
This suit was originally brought before a justice of the peace, and resulted in a dismissal thereof at the plaintiff’s costs. It was then appealed to the Circuit Court of Madison county, where upon a jury trial, judgment was entered in favor of defendant in bar of the action and for costs. The Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Company has appealed to this court from the judgment of the Circuit Court.
The appellant had about sixteen horses on its pasture known as Kersch pasture about two or three miles above Alton. One of them, a bay horse, had been foundered and was…
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