Hudson v. Houser

This was an action by the appellee, who was the plaintiff below, to recover damages on account of the alleged negligence of the appellant resulting in the death of the decedent.

The facts alleged in the complaint are, in brief, that, on the 17th day of September, 1884, while said decedent was driving along a public highway with a horse hitched to a covered buggy, in which the deceased was seated, a team of the appellant hitched to a heavy logging wagon, in charge of one Samuel Johnson, his servant, was carelessly allowed *311to run off, and ran over and upon the decedent, who was without fault,…