Davidson v. Michigan Central R. R.

Defendant was sued for injury done to two horses belonging to plaintiff, that got upon the track of the railroad by reason of an alleged defect in the fence bars on the line of plaintiff’s farm. The only question concerning the quality of the fence related to the construction and sufficiency of the bars and their fixtures, which had been substituted for gates that were not strong enough. The fence is not complained of except at the bars. The horses escaped in the night, and in the morning two sets of bars had dropped down, and the cleat confining the bars on one post was torn off at the top,…