Roberts v. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad

This is an action to recover double damages for the killing of plaintiff’s horses by-defendant’s locomotive. The petition as originally framed contained five counts, but the third count was dismissed before trial. The remaining counts claimed damages on the following grounds : First. a A failure to erect fences and cattle-guards along defendant’s road where it runs through inclosed fields. Second. A similar failure where it runs through uninclosed lands. Fourth. .A failure to maintain a sufficient crossing-over a public road. The fifth count purports to state a cause of action for single…