Aylesworth v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Court. Action to recover the value of a horse colt alleged to have been killed by the engine and cars of defendant. Trial to a jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, Ch. J.
On the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was the owner of the colt, worth $100, which was foaled about the 15th of May, 1866; that it was a horse colt, and had never been altered, and was found on the afternoon of Monday, November 12, 1867, lying in the ditch of the defendants’ road, near West Liberty, with three of its legs broken, valueless, and had to be killed; the defendants’ road was fenced on both sides; but, near where the colt was found, there were bars made for the convenience of land owners in that vicinity in hauling *452wood from their several wood lots near thereto ;…
2Cited by25 opinions
- Dewey v. Chicago & N. W. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1871
- Small v. C., R. I. & P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Farley v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Johnson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Case v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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