Schafer v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad

The defendant’s road extends north and south along the line of the eastern limits of the town of Moscow. Two of plaintiff’s horses came upon the railroad track at a point about one hundred and three feet south of the southern limits of the town, and one hundred and thirteen feet south of the southern *202apex of the railroad switch at Moscow station. Upon the approach of a train from the north, the horses ran south along the track a distance of about fifty yards to a bridge, where they were run over and killed by the train. The plaintiff sues in this action, under section 4428 of the Revised…