Hudgens v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

Ewing, C.

This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace by respondent against appellant, upon the following statement and petition :

Plaintiff states that the defendants are a corporation * * ; and arc the owners of the track, cars and engines known as the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad; that said railroad passes through said township of Mooresville as aforesaid; that on the line of -said railroad and in the township of Mooresville aforesaid at a point where said railroad was not inclosed with a lawful fence, and where said railroad passes along inclosed fields on both sides, the *419de…