Crafton v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

This was an action by plaintiff against the railroad company for killing a cow belonging to him, commenced before a justice of the peace, and taken by appeal by defendant to the Circuit Court.

Upon the trial the evidence conduced to prove that.the cow had been killed by an engine of defendant. The evidence also conduced to show that the defendant had, on the day previous to the.night the cow was killed, unloaded some salt, *581and some of the salt had been spilled on the track, which attracted cattle. The cow was found dead on the track near this salt, the next morning, and when skinned, the sides…