Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. Goracke

This action was brought by the defendant in error before a justice of the peace in and for Johnson county, to recover the value of a cow killed by one of the company’s engines. The cause was tried to a jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff, assessing his damages at $20, the full amount claimed in the bill of particulars. At the request of the railroad company a bill of exceptions, containing all the testimony, with the rulings and exceptions taken on the trial, was allowed and signed by the justice.

The railroad company filed in the district court a petition in error, where the…