Legal Opinion

Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Argenbright

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1884No. 11,498PublishedCited by 4 opinions

From the Floyd Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.

Action by the appellee to recover damages-for killing her cow by the appellant’s locomotive. It is averred that the railroad was not fenced where the animal was killed, but there is no averment that it was not fenced at the point where it entered upon the track. The latter allegation is essential in cases commenced in the circuit court, but as to cases like the present, begun before a justice of the. peace, the complaint is good without such averment. Ohio, etc., R. W. Co. v. Miller, 46 Ind. 215; Ohio, etc., R. W. Co. v. McClure, 47 Ind. 317; Wabash R. W. Co. v. Forshee, 77 Ind. 158;…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wabash Railway Co. v. ForsheeIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Kent v. CantrallIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad v. SimsIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. McClureIndiana Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BakerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899
  2. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. NiceIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. LashIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Croan v. MyersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913

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