Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. Parker

Parker sued the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad Company to recover the value of a young mare and a mule colt, killed by a locomotive on the track of the railroad, and recovered judgment. A motion for a new trial having been overruled, the railroad company appeals.

The only question in the case arises upon the evidence. There is no charge of negligence against the company, or its servants in charge of the train. There was no fence on either side of the track where the animals got upon it and were killed, but it was within the corporate limits of the city of Lawrenceburgh, and it is…