Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. McClure

McClure sued the railroad company before a justice for killing stock.

The first paragraph of the complaint charges the killing of a heifer by the locomotive and train, at a point where the track was not securely fenced.

The second paragraph charges that the defendant, by its locomotive and train of cars, on the road, at the county, &c., ran over and killed the plaintiff’s cow, of the value of $50; that the cow was killed in the city of Greensburg,. at a place where a street crosses the railroad; that by the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, the crossing at the street was so bad and…