Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. Willis

— This was an action by the appellees against the appellant to recover damages for killing a mule by the appellant’s locomotive and cars,.between the switch at Car-lisle station and a bridge in Sullivan county, where the railroad was not securely fenced.

The appellant answered by a general denial, and also by a special paragraph, alleging that the injury complained of occurred near the town of Carlisle, at or near a point on the railroad track where it connects with a switch, used by the appellant for switching cars and trains of cars from and to the main track of the railroad; that it would…