Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. Murray

The horse of appellee, being on the railroad track of appellant, was run upon and killed by an engine of appellant, at a point where the track was not fenced, and where, by the statute, the railroad company was required to have the same fenced. The horse was worth fifty dollars. Appellee recovered one hundred dollars damages, the statute giving, in such case, double the amount of actual damages.

The suit was begun before a justice of the peace. The summons does not indicate the character of the action, further than to say, “for a failure to pay him (appellee) a certain sum, not exceeding two…