Jackson v. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad

Jaoltson sued the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company before a justice of the peace, alleging in his complaint, “ that on April 3, 1858, at, &c., the defendant, by her locomotives and cars, on said road, killed one work ox belonging to the plaintiff. To his damage, $75, &c. Process, issued by the justice, was returned, indorsed thus: “Served by copy on William P. Cold, conductor for the Louisville express, April 22, 1858, M. Forren, C. O. T. On the day of trial, the defendant, having failed to appear, was defaulted: the cause was tried in her absence, and judgment given in favor of the…