Siglin v. Coos Bay Company
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos: J. C. Fullerton, Judge. Action by Z. T. Siglin against the Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad & Navigation Company to recover damages for injuries to a horse. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
This is an action to recover the value of a horse which plaintiff was compelled to kill in consequence of its being injured by coming in contact with a barbed-wire fence constructed and maintained by defendant along the line of the right of way of its railroad. It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant constructed and maintained a fence at the place where the horse was injured, composed of four barbed wires, having no board or pole thereon; that the posts upon which the wires were strung were placed so far apart that the wires sagged nearly to the ground, so that a horse coming in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Brown v. BridgesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- McCoy v. California Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
- Wilder v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1876
- Congdon v. Cen. Vt. R. R.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1883
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