Windsor v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

— This is a common-law action, instituted in the circuit court, to recover damages for the negligent killing of plaintiff ’ s cows by the defendant’s locomotive. The plaintiff gave evidence tending to show that his cows were seen on the track, when the train was about a mile and a half off; that thereafter one of the cows left the track and wandered off a slight •distance, but returned to the track when the train came within fifty yards ; that the train was running at a rate of *125speed oí ten or twelve miles per hour within the limits -of Monroe City, where the accident occurred, and that…