Illinois Central Railroad v. Benton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Samuel Benton against the appellant, to recover damages sustained from a collision with appellant’s train of cars, at a highway crossing. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears that about the first of January, 1871, the servant of appellee was driving a team of horses, attached to a wagon, along a road, near to and which crossed the railroad track of appellant. Appellee had sent his horses to a blacksmith shop to have them shod, after which the driver was directed to return with the wagon and team, by the way of the village of Hew Eutland, for the transaction of some business. In crossing the railroad, one of appellant’s engines, with a train attached, struck the horses, threw them and the wagon into the ditch at one side of the road, killing one of the…
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