Aurora Branch Railroad v. Grimes
Illinois Supreme Court
This case was heard at the May term, 1852, of the Kane Circuit Court, Wilson, Judge, presiding. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment for Grimes for $>110 and costs. The railroad company brought the cause to this court by appeal. The opinion contains a statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
This is an action on the case brought by Grimes against the railroad company, to recover the value of a mare which was killed in a well belonging to the company. It appears that the appellants own a railroad and depot at Batavia. At a point where the main track and the side track for the depot are some distance apart, they have a well, which is situated between the two tracks, which is distant from the west trade from six to ten feet. The well was about six feet across, and was covered with oak boards one inch thick and twelve feet long, and mostly with two thicknesses. There was no other…
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