Wilder v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.

• The plaintiff brought suit in justice’s court to recover damages for injury to a cow that was struck by the •cars on the track of defendant’s road near the depot in the village of Alleyton, in Newaygo county, jit was claimed that the defendant’s road was not fenced as required by the statute.

The justice rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $25 ■damages and $31.75 costs of suit. The costs included an attorney fee of $25, imposed by authority of Act No. 234, Laws of 1885.

The cause was removed by certiorari to the circuit court for the county of Newaygo, error being alleged as follows:

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