Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. Townsend

Suit against a railroad company to recover for stock killed on the road where it was not, but should have been, fenced. Recovery by the plaintiff below.

The owner of the animal killed, a steer, was not a proprietor or occupant of land adjoining the road; but the animal strayed upon the track across lands of another person.

It is contended that the owner was guilty of negligence in permitting the animal thus to stray and trespass; that the company operating the road used due care to prevent the accident, except as to fencing; and that the statute making the company liable, regardless of the…