Chicago & Alton Railway Co. v. Buck

This was a suit brought in the Logan Circuit Court by Abraham Buck against the appellant railroad company, to recover damages for the loss of several horses, alleged by him to have been killed by the carelessness of the servants of the company in operating its trains of cars on its road. The trial was before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment against appellant, from which an appeal is prosecuted to this court, and a reversal asked, mainly upon the ground that the verdict was against the evidence in the case.

Mr. Buck was the owner of a farm, through which the track of appellant’s road…