Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Scranton

This was an action on the case by the appellee to recover for the death of her intestate,'alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant. The negligence charged in the declaration - was as follows: The first count of the declaration alleged that the appellant, while operating its train, killed and deposited a cow upon the approach to a public street railroad crossing, knowing the placing of the cow there would render the highway dangerous to travel, negligently left the same there, and that the team of horses of appellee’s intestate became frightened at the dead cow and ran…