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  "id": 5371100,
  "name": "Sam Clouston, Appellee, v. Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Clouston v. Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Co.",
  "decision_date": "1914-04-15",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 5,898",
  "first_page": "375",
  "last_page": "376",
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      "cite": "186 Ill. App. 375"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Sam Clouston, Appellee, v. Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Dibell\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Street railroads, \u00a7 131 -\u2014when evidence sufficient to sustain recovery for injuries to horses and wagon. In an action against a street railway company to recover for injuries to horses and wagon owned hy plaintiff and driven by his servant for the purpose of sprinkling the street, it appearing that the wagon was being driven along the side of defendant\u2019s car tracks and that the wagon was struck by a street car going in the same direction, held that a verdict for plaintiff was sustained by the evidence.\n2. Street railroads, \u00a7 124 \u2014what evidence competent to show speed of car at time of collision. In an action for injuries to plaintiff\u2019s horses and wagon by being struck by defendant\u2019s street car while the wagon was being driven by plaintiff\u2019s servant, testimony by the servant as to personal injuries held competent, as tending to show the speed with which the car was driven when it struck the wagon.\n3. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1489 \u2014when admission of testimony as to facts otherwise proved not prejudicial. In an action to recover for injuries to plaintiff\u2019s horses and wagon while being driven by a servant of plaintiff, resulting from being struck by defendant\u2019s street car, permitting the servant to describe his injuries held not prejudicial error, for the reason that such injuries were proved by other testimony to which no objections were made.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Dibell"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Robert C. Morse and Sturtz & Ewan, for appellant.",
      "James H. Andrews, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Sam Clouston, Appellee, v. Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 5,898.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the City Court of Kewanee; the Hon. H. Steeling Pomeroy, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 15, 1914.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Sam Clouston against Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Company to recover for injuries to plaintiff\u2019s horses and wagon by being struck by one of defendant\u2019s street cars. The wagon was used as a street sprinkler and was being driven by a servant of the plaintiff at the time of the accident. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff for two hundred dollars, defendant appeals.\nRobert C. Morse and Sturtz & Ewan, for appellant.\nJames H. Andrews, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0375-01",
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  "last_page_order": 422
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