Jolliefe v. Brown
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King County.— Hon. Richard Osborn, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
*156The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.
This was an action to recover for the value of a cow killed by the defendant’s train, and is brought under the provisions of the act approved March 15, 1893 (Laws 1893, p. 418), making railway companies operating unfenced lines of railroad liable for double the value of stock killed, and double damages are sought in this case and also an attorney’s fee. The first, third and fourth sections of the act are involved in this controversy. The lower court held the act unconstitutional and rendered a judgment against the plaintiff, whereupon this…
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