Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Roper

This is an action for killing a cow owned by appellee, at the station of “ Carrier’s Mills,” on appellant’s road, and within the switch limits at that station. The point where the cow went on the tra,ck, and where injured by the train, was at a point where the switch yard was kept open for the convenience of the public for receiving and discharging freight, and necessary to the public to be kept open for that purpose. While there is no positive proof as to the exact place where the cow got upon the track, yet the evidence showing where she was found after being-knocked off sufficiently shows…