Cooke v. Illinois Central Railroad

The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for tbe sum of $63.90. In addition to tbis general verdict, tbe jury, at tbe request of defendant, answered certain special interrogatories, as follows, to wit:

“First i/nterrogatory. Do you find, from tbe evidence, that tbe engineer in charge of tbe engine, wbicb injured plaintiff’s colt,, was an employee of tbe defendant at tbe time said injury occurred? Ans. Yes.

“ Second i/nterrogatory. Do you find, from tbe evidence, that plaintiff’s colt was injured in consequence of tbe willful act of tbe engineer in charge of tbe engine wbicb struck said colt,?…