Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. W. Co. v. Johnson

Action by the appellee, against the appellant, under the statute, to recover the value of a colt *547alleged to have been killed by the engine and cars of the company upon its road, the same not being fenced. The action appears to have been commenced in the circuit court, and the value of the colt was alleged to have been sixty dollars, and damages were demanded in that amount.

The cause was submitted to a jury for trial, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, assessing his damages at forty-seven dollars. In answer to an interrogatory, the jury returned that the fair market value of…