Pontius v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Daniel Pontins began this action in 1905, in the circuit court of Grundy county, to recover damages for personal injuries be alleged were caused by negligence of defendant in frightening a mare he was driving on one of the public streets of the city of Trenton and causing her to run away. Defendant demurred to the petition on the ground that it failed to state a cause of action but the demurrer was overruled and defendant answered with a general traverse and a plea of contributory negligence. The trial occurred in June, 1906, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant. Pontius filed…