Edwards v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad

This was an action originally instituted before a justice of the peace under section 809 of the Revised Statutes, to recover double the value of a cow belonging to the plaintiff, which it was alleged had been fatally injured by the'engine and cars of the defendant. It appears from the record that at the point where the cow was killed the defendant’s road runs north and south through inclosed and cultivated fields, and that the fences running parallel with the road and separating said inclosures from the right of way of the defendant, were in good condition; that the north line of said…