Frink v. Potter
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action on the case by the appellee against the appellants. The declaration contains four counts substantially alike, in each of which appellee alleged that appellants were proprietors of a coach, and running the same from Peoria to Springfield in December, 1852, and that, at the instance and request of appellants, appellee became and was a passenger in said coach, to be carried from Peoria to Springfield for hire, and that, on the route, for want of proper care…
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This was an action on the case by the appellee against the appellants. The declaration contains four counts substantially alike, in each of which appellee alleged that appellants were proprietors of a coach, and running the same from Peoria to Springfield in December, 1852, and that, at the instance and request of appellants, appellee became and was a passenger in said coach, to be carried from Peoria to Springfield for hire, and that, on the route, for want of proper care on the part of appellants, the coach was overturned, and thereby plaintiff was hurt. To this declaration appellants…
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was an action on the case, against Frink, Sanger, Walker and Parmerly, as common carriers of passengers by stage, for an injury to the plaintiff while a passenger in one of the defendants’ coaches. The declaration, in various ways, alleges that for want of proper care on the part of the defendants, the coach in which the plaintiff was a passenger, broke and overturned, whereby the .plaintiff was hurt and wounded. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against all of the defendants.
On the trial the plaintiff offered to read in evidence the deposition of a witness taken in Michigan. The…
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