Schmidt v. Sinnott

Edgar T. and William G. Schmidt, on .the afternoon of the 1st of September, 1879, while driving along Jersey street, in • the city of Quincy, in a one-horse buggy, at a somewhat rapid rate, suddenly came in contact with Mary E. Sinnott, a small child, who was at the moment attempting to cross the street. She was knocked down, the horse and buggy passing over her, and was so disabled as to be confined to her bed and room most of the time for about a month, and had not fully recovered at the time of the trial, over a year afterwards. Indeed, the evidence tends to show that she is permanently…