Lyons v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation of one of the defendant’s engines. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was driving westerly on a public highway parallel to the defendant’s track, on which one of its engines, with freight cars attached, was moving in the opposite direction. As the train passed plaintiff’s team became freightened, one of the horses plunged violently, the pole of the vehicle was broken; plaintiff being thrown out and injured. The trial of the cause in the circuit court resulted in a judgment for the…