Indianapolis, Pittsburg, & Cleveland Railroad v. Mustard

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant for injuring and killing a cow belonging to the plaintiff, by the engine and cars of the appellant, upon her railroad, where the same was not properly fenced. Trial by the court; finding and judgment for the plaintiff, a motion for new trial being overruled.

It appears by the evidence that the plaintiff’s cow, being upon the railroad track, was struck by the pilot of an engine, and carried or dragged some distance along the track, and then thrown off; that one of her legs was cut entirely off, •except a small portion of the skin, and…