Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Harmon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. M. Laws, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Pillsbuby, P. J .
The point made that the court erred in allowing the plaintiff to show the special qualities of the mare which gave her the value alleged, because no allegation of special value is contained in the declaration, we do not consider tenable.
The value being alleged by way of damages for the loss of her, it was not necessary to specially aver all the qualities that constituted such value.
It is next objected that if the mare was possessed of such qualities that gave her greater value than ordinary animals, the plaintiff should have notified the defendant of the fact at time of…
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