Chicago & Southeastern Railway Co. v. Browers
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Madison Circuit Court; J. F. McClure, Judge. Proceeding by Frank Browers for the enforcement of a judgment obtained before a justice of the peace against the Chicago and Southeastern Railroad Company for animals killed on its tracks. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
• Black, C. J.
— This was a proceeding under the statute (§§5816, 5317 Bums 1901, §§4029, 4030 R. S. 1881), to enforce the collection of a judgment of a justice of the peace of Madison county in favor of the appellee against the appellant, for the value of a cow killed by the cars of the appellant.
The statute provides that any person obtaining a judgment before a justice of the peace for any animal or animals killed or injured by the cars, locomotives, or other carriages of any railroad in this State, upon the filing of a certified transcript of such judgment in the office of the clerk of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Whitewater Railroad v. BridgettIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Lake Erie & Western Railway Co. v. FishbackIndiana Court of Appeals · 1892
- Chicago & Southeastern Railway Co. v. AdamsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1895
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