Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. Lull

Lull sued the railway company to recover the value- of a cow killed by one of its trains passing through the. village of Bridgeport. The right of recovery is based upon an amendment to section thirty-six of the general railroad act approved March 29, 1872 (Laws 1872, page 72), which reads as follows:

“Sec. 36. Every railroad company formed under this act, and every person or corporation owning or occupying any such railway, shall erect and maintain fences on the sides of their respective roads, of the height and strength of a division fence required by law, with suitable openings and gates or…