Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Hazel

It appears from the-abstract .in this case that the defendant in - error instituted suit in the Circuit Court of St. John’s county against plaintiff in error to recover double damages and attorneys’-fees for the'killing-of certain live stock, the • declaration, filed January 1, 1896, alleging the failure of defendant to fence its tracks as required by Chapter 4069, acts 1891. The company de*265murred to the declaration upon the ground that the act referred to -was unconstitutional, which demurrer was overruled. Thereafter it pleaded not guilty. The referee to whom the case was referred, after…