Kennedy v. Alton, Granite & St. Louis Traction Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alton; the Hon. James E. Dunnegan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This suit was brought by appellee against appellant, to recover damages for ah alleged injury to a wagon and the killing of a team of horses in a collision with the appellant’s interurban electric car on February 22, 1911, in Alton, Illinois, at a crossing where Indiana avenue intersects Milton road and appellant’s right of way.
The case was tried by a jury and resulted in a verdict for $350 in favor of the plaintiff, and the court having overruled defendant’s motion for a new trial, entered judgment on the verdict, to reverse which the defendant prosecutes this appeal.
In order to maintain his…
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