McKnight v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, District Court, Beaverhead Countyj M. PL. Parker, Judge. Action by S. M. McKnight against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
*41This is an action brought by the plaintiff McKnight to recover from the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company $115 damages for livestock killed in the state of Idaho.
The complaint attempts to state two causes of action. The first is for the recovery of $75. It is alleged that the defendant is a Utah corporation; that it is the owner, controller and operator of a certain railroad running from Salt Lake, Utah, to Butte City, Montana; that on June 21, 1902, near Monida, in the state of Idaho, the defendant ran one of its trains over and upon, and killed, a certain bull belonging to the plaintiff,…
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