Schwarz v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

This action was brought before a justice of the peace, to recover damages from the defendant for the killing of a bull belonging to the plaintiff, which it was charged was killed by the running of its locomotive and cars against and over said bull upon defendant’s railroad, at a point on said road where the same was not fenced, and where there was no crossing of a public highway. The bull was averred to be of the value of eighty dollars, and the petition prayed judgment for double damages.

A trial was had before the justice of the peace, where the plaintiff recovered a judgment for the sum of…