Bennett v. Illinois Power & Light Corp.

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellee, hereinafter called the plaintiff, secured a verdict and judgment for $9,600 against the appellant (hereinafter called the defendant) as damages for personal injuries sustained from the overturning on a public highway of a buggy in which she was riding. The said buggy was drawn by a horse which was driven by her son, Vernon Bennett.

The plaintiff based her cause of action on two charges separately alleged in two counts. It is averred in the first count of the declaration that her injuries were caused by the horse…