Legal Opinion

Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Zink

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1882No. 10,184Published

From, the Washington Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Bicknell, C. C.

This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, and was finally tried in the circuit court, where the plaintiff recovered $156, as the value of a hog and five cattle killed by the defendant’s cars, on the defendant’s railway, at a place fit to be fenced but not securely fenced.

There are several errors assigned by the appellant who was defendant below, but only one of them is relied on, to wit, that the court below erred in overruling the appellant’s motion for a new trial.

The reasons for a new trial were:

*2201st. That the finding of the court was not sustained by sufficient…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wabash Railway Co. v. ForsheeIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. GuardIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  3. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. RowlandIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
  4. New Albany & Salem Railroad v. PaceIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
  5. Ryan v. BegeinIndiana Supreme Court · 1881

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