Kellar v. Shippee
Appellate Court of Illinois
In error to the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. H. E. Wortiiirotor, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
This was a suit commenced by Orrin Shippee, defendant in error, against James G. Kellar, plaintiff in error, before a justice of the peace, to recover damages sustained by the falling of a colt into a ditch dug by Kellar, whereby the colt was killed. There was a recovery in justice’s court, and on appeal by Kellar to the Circuit Court, there was a trial, resulting in a verdict for §100, on which judgment was entered.
On the trial the following facts were proven: James G. Kellar, being desirous of draining a pond on Ms land, dug a ditch for that purpose, varying in depth from about three feet…
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