Stewart v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad

Plaintiff brings this suit to recover • compensation for the loss of five head of cattle killed through the alleged negligence of defendant. These cattle were struck by defendant’s train and killed while they were on defendant’s main track, about one-half mile south of Osceola Junction, Osceola county. They had entered on *49said railway from the station grounds at said junction at a point where there were no cattle guards or connecting fences, and the liability of defendant in this case depends upon whether it was under any obligation to provide and maintain such cattle guards and connecting…