Baltimore, Ohio & Chicago Railroad v. Kreiger

— This was a suit by the appellee to recover the value of two mare colts which wer^ run over and killed by the appellant’s locomotive, and where its road was not securely fenced. The cause was put at issue and tried by the court, and, at appellant’s request, the court found the facts specially, and stated its conclusion of law thereon, in substance, as follows:

“First. That the plaintiff was, in November, 1880, the-, owner of two colts, of the value of $120.

“Second. That, at said time, the defendant owned and operated a railroad in Porter county, Indiana, and through the lands of one Miller;…