Wymore v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

This is a suit commenced before a justice of the peace in Clay county, to recover damages for the value of a cow killed by defendant’s engine and cars. Plaintiff had judgment, from which defendant appealed to the circuit court, in which plaintiff again had judgment, and defendant has appealed to this court.

The statement" alleges that the cow strayed upon the track of defendant’s road, at a point within the corporate limits of the city of Liberty. It does not allege that she was negligently or carelessly killed, but relies upon the fact that the place where the cow was killed was within a part…