Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Quinn

This was an action on the case, in the Cook circuit court, to recover damages against the Western Union Telegraph Company, for the loss of a horse and wagon belonging to the plaintiffs, occasioned by the negligence of the defendants in so handling a broken telegraph wire, as to strike the horse, thereby frightening him and causing him to run, resulting in his death.

The jury found for the plaintiffs, and the court rendered a judgment on the verdict, to reverse which the defendants appeal, assigning the common errors.

We have directed our attention to one only of the points made by appellants,…