Fraysher v. Mississippi River & Bonne Terre Railway Co.

The petition in this case, omitting the formal parts, is as follows: “That on or about the *574fifth day of August, 1894, plaintiff was the owner and possessor of a certain cow, to wit: A red muley cow seven years old, branded on the left hip with a horseshoe, of the value of $35; that said cow casually and without the fault or procurement of plaintiff strayed in and upon the track and grounds occupied by the said railroad of defendant at a point where said road passes through defendant's uninclosed lands at andmthe township of Perry, in St. Francois county, state of Missouri, at a point where…