Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Maige

In this case judgment was in favor of the plaintiff in a suit for the value of one bull alleged to have been killed by a train operated on the defendant’s railway. The defendant sued out writ of error.

The declaration was in one count alleging negligence in two aspects. The first was that the animal was killed by the train because of the negligent operation thereof. The second was that the animal was .killed on the railroad track by reason of the failure of defendant to comply with its statutory duty to maintain a sufficient fence at that place to. prevent the'intrusion- 'of livestock on the…