Lindsay v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad

— This action was brought under section 809 of the Revised Statutes, 1879, section 2611 of the Revised Statutes, 1889, for double damages for the killing of a sow by defendant. The allegations of the amended statement filed in the circuit court are clearly sufficient under -the case of Ringo v. Railroad, 91 Mo. 667, 670, and the proof adduced by plaintiff amply sustained the verdict in his favor. Goodwin v. Railroad, ante, p. 9.

The court gave the following instruction: “You are instructed that, if you believe from the evidence that the defendant, on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1889, owned…