Fabert v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff to recover from the defendants the sum of $100 for the death of a cow and $20 for injury to her calf, alleged to have been occasioned by reason of defendants’ negligence. It was originally instituted in the justice court, and, upon issue joined, was tried therein and resulted in judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the sum of $110 and costs. Upon appeal it was tried de novo in the district court to a jury. A motion for a nonsuit and also one for a directed verdict were denied. Verdict was rendered in plaintiff’s favor for the sum of $60. Judgment was…