Case Name: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company v. John Boggess
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1886-11-20
Citations: 21 Ill. App. 336
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company v. John Boggess.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 336–336

Head Matter:
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company v. John Boggess.
Railroads — Action to Recover Damages for Killing Colt — Instructions —Evidence.
In an action to recover damages for the loss of a colt, alleged to have been killed through the negligence of the servants of the defendant company, it is held: That the questions of negligence were fairly submitted to the jury; that t certain instructions asked were properly refused, because they presented the old rule of contributory negligence, and permitted no comparison, and that the verdict is supported by the evidence.
[Opinion filed November 20, 1886.]
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. J. W. Wilkin, Judge, presiding.
Mr. William Armstrong, for appellant.
Mr. F. Bookwalter, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Cwricm,.
This was an action commenced before a Justice of the Peace, by appellee, for damages for the loss of a colt alleged to have been killed on appellant's track, through negligence of its servants. On appeal plaintiff recovered judgment on a verdict for $80. He claimed that the colt got upon defendant's right of way through its negligence in allowing the cattle guards to remain for a long time filled up with and -obscured by snow, and that as the. train approached no danger signal was given. The questions of negligence and its effect were fairly submitted to the jury ; no substantial objections to instructions given are urged. Some were refused, and rightly, because they presented the old rule of contributory negligence and permitted no comparison. There was evidence to support the finding.
Judgment affirmed.