Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad v. Monroe

Monroe sued the railroad company for the value of a cow, which was killed on its track by a passing train. The cow had been suffered to run at large on lands adjoining the railroad not owned or occupied by Monroe, and had gone upon the track in the evening through a pair of bars which were found afterwards to be partly down. No proof was given to show how the bars came to be down, and there was evidence that one of the witnesses passed through them that evening and put them up. It was testified, however, that one of the bars was considerably shorter than the others, and only extended into the…