Leary v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Hancock Circuit Court; Earl Sample, Judge. Action by Thomas B. Leary against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBatman, C. J.
This is an action by appellant against appellee for damages on account of the killing of an animal belonging to the former. The complaint is in a single paragraph, and alleges in substance, among other things, that appellee is a corporation and the owner and operator of a railroad through Hancock county in this state; that appellant is the owner of certain farm lands abutting on the north side of its right of way in said county; that in October, 1915, appellant was lawfully pasturing a bull on his said land, so abutting on said right of way; that, at said time and for *282more than six months…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bear v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Frisch v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad v. O'KeefeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1892
- Davison v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Pickett v. Toledo, St. Louis & Western RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916
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- Akers v. Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1920