Oakes v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment thereon for $427 as damages for seven head of lambs that were destroyed and 40 that were injured by the negligent and unlawful operation, so it is alleged, of one of defendant’s street cars on Twenty-fourth street, that being the main thoroughfare between Omaha and South Omaha. Defendant appealed.

The colliding car was coming from the north and the sheep were being driven from the south. The accident happened about 150 or 200 feet south of the point where U street intersects Twenty-fourth street.

Plaintiff resides on a farm about 3 miles south of…