St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Vaughan

This suit was begun by the appellee in the justice of the peace court for damages in the sum of $45 for the killing of three hogs by the operation of one of appellant’s trains. An appeal was taken to the circuit court, where appellant filed answer, denying the material allegations of plaintiff’s complaint. In the circuit court there was a verdict and judgment for appellee for forty dollars. Appellant filed motion for new trial, which was overruled, exceptions saved, and appellant prosecutes this appeal to reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

The undisputed evidence shows that the hogs…