Robinson v. Chicago & Alton R. R.

Plaintiff brought his action for the value of three hogs killed by defendant’s locomotive and cars; and the only question presented by the record is, whether the killing happened at a place where the defendant was required to fence its track. The case was tried in the cpurt below upon an agreed statement of facts, the substance of which was, that the road where the hogs were killed was fenced on both sides, but that the fencing was not sufficiently strong and close to prevent the hogs from passing through, on to the line of the railroad; that the fencing was not such a fence as the law…