Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Seitzinger

This was an action by appellee against appellant to recover damages sustained by him by reason of the death of a mare, alleged to have been brought about by the negligence of appellant. The declaration contained two counts, the first declaring upon the statutory liability of appellant to maintain fences along its right of way. The second alleged that before and on May 3,1903, appellant negligently maintained a barbed wire fence, inclosing its right of way along certain lands adjoining the same in Lawrence county, Illinois, defectively constructed, in bad repair and dangerous to horses, cattle…