Bernstein v. Roth

This action was brought by appellee against appellant, in the Superior Court of Cook county, to recover damages for a personal injury. The cause of action set up in the declaration is, that on the 9th day of July, 1888, while plaintiff was riding in his carriage on one of the streets in the city of Chicago, a wagon belonging to the defendant was so carlessly driven by his servant that “the shaft of the said wagon of defendant” struck plaintiff’s carriage, thereby throwing plaintiff upon the ground with such violence as to seriously injure him. The plea was not guilty. Two trials were had in…