St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. McLelland
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
lu Error to the United States Court in the Indian Territory. This was an action by John McLelland against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company for injuries to plaintiff’s colt, causing its death. At the trial the jury found a verdict for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff was entered thereon. Defendant brought error.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, District Judge
This is a stock-killing case which comes to this court on a writ of error from the United States court in the Indian Territory. The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error in the lower court for the loss of a colt, which was about live or six months old at the time of its death. He alleged in Ms complaint that the defendant company negligently ran one of its trains against and upon said colt, and thereby inflicted such injuries that it died. The jury before whom the case was tried assessed the value of the colt at §500, and awarded the plaintiff damages in that sum. It is not disclosed…
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