Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis Railroad v. Beatty

This was an action commenced by Beatty, the appellee, against the appellant, before a justice of the peace, under the statute, for the value of a cow killed by appellant’s cars. The case was appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, where there was a jury trial and verdict for plaintiff below, for fifty dollars. A motion for a new trial, for the reason that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, was overruled, and the question, for this court to determine is whether the evidence warranted the verdict. Appellant insists that the judgment ought to be reversed, for the reason that the evidence…