Chilton v. Hines

This . suit was commenced in a. Justice of the Peace court to recover double damages for killing a cow under section 3145, Revised Statutes 1909, commonly called the double dámage act, and which makes it the duty of railroad corporations running and operating railroads in this State to fence such railroads against stock. The suit was originally brought both against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads as operator and against the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company as owner of the railroad. On appeal to the circuit court, that court on defendant’s motion dismissed the action as…