Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. Foltz

Appellee recovered a judgment in the circuit court against appellant for killing his horse. Upon the trial of the cause in the circuit court the following instruction was given to the jury at the instance of appellee:

“3d. The court instructs the jury for the plaintiff that, under the law, the defendant railway company is required to cause a bell of at least thirty pounds weight and a steam whistle placed and kept on each locomotive engine, and is required to cause the same to be rung or whistled by the engineer or fireman at a distance of at least eighty rods from the place where the railroad…