Tri-City Railway Co. v. Weaver

On the evening of February 6, 1900, one of appellant’s street cars struck a team and wagon belonging to appellee, in charge of a man in his employ, upon the car tracks in the city of Moline. As a result of the collision the wagon and harness were broken and one horse so badly injured that it shortly afterward had to be killed. Weaver brought suit before a justice of the peace to recover damages for the injuries sustained by him and the case was afterward appealed to the Circuit Court, where there was a verdict and judgment in his favor for $50, from which the street railway company appeals.

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