Combs v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.

This is an action for double -damages for maiming the plaintiff’s mare by a collision with the defendant’s engine at a place where the defendant was bound to fence, and failed to do so. The mare died in consequence of the injuries received. There was some controversy at the trial touching the age of the mare and her value, witnesses stating her age differently at from eight to sixteen years, and her value .at from $75 to $150. The weight of the evidence' *468was to the effect, that the age of the mare was about thirteen years and her Value $125, and the court found for the last named amount in…