Spence v. Chicago & North-western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Tama District Court. Action to recover for stock killed on the defendant’s track by the engine. Judgment for defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
*140iuimsoad Sabníiyibr 8wme killed. *139The cause was submitted and determined upon the following agreed statement of facts: “ The de*140fendant is a corporation, and during the year 1865 was runpjng and operating a railroad in ^g g^aj.e aB¿ through the county of Tama. On the 10th .day of. October, 1865, in Salt Creek township, in said county, a train of cars, running on the said defendant’s railroad, ran against and killed a hog of the plaintiff’s, of the actual value of forty-five dollars, which hog at that time was running at large. Said railroad was not fenced on either side thereof at the point…
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