Walters v. Stacey

This is an action in trespass by appellant against appellee to recover damages for the alleged killing of a boar belonging to appellant by a boar in the custody of appellee which is alleged to have escaped by reason of a defect in a partition fence which it was the duty of appellee to have maintained. Upon trial by jury there was a verdict for appellee, and judgment against appellant for costs. An opinion by this court upon a former appeal of the case is reported in 122 Ill. App. 658.

The evidence tends to show that on May 16 or 17, 1903, a Poland China boar belonging to appellant was killed…