Goodwin v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad

— The plaintiff brought this action before a justice of the peace, under section 2611 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, tp recpver dpuble damages for the killing of a cow by the defendant’s cars. The plaintiff recovéred before the justice, and also in the circuit *10court, and the defendant, by successive appeals, has brought the case here for review.

The cause was submitted to the jury on the following ’ instruction asked by the plaintiff, of which the defendant complains: “Gentlemen of the jury: If you believe from the evidence that the defendant, the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad…