Denver & R. G. R'y Co. v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Chaffee County. Action by J. E. Crawford against the Denver & Eio Grande Eailway Company to recover double damages for the killing of a mare. Plaintiff obtained judgment below, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Rising, C.
This action was brought under the provisions of section 15, chapter 93, General Statutes of 1883, to recover twice the value of a certain bay mare, which the plaintiff alleged was fatally injured and killed by the defendant, while engaged in operating its railroad in Chaffee county. An issue was also made upon a cause of action authorized by section Í4 of said chapter, but the evidence admitted is wholly insufficient to justify a recovery thereunder. That portion of said section 15 upon which the action is based reads as follows: “Every railroad company shall keep a book at some…
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