Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. P. J. Ahrens & Son

A horse and a colt belonging to the appellees were killed by a train of the appellant company, within the limits of the village of Gillespie, on the 2d day of September, 1890.

In the court below a judgment was rendered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the appellees against the appellant for the value of the animals, to reverse which this appeal was taken.

The appellees contend that the horse and colt were struck and killed by a passenger train of the appellant company which passed through Gillespie going west, a little after six o’clock in the morning, while the appellant insists that…