Duff v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Reversing.

Appellant, Ira J. Duff,.who was the plaintiff below, instituted this action in the Perry circuit court against the appellee, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, in which he sought to recover $500.00, the alleged value of a licensed bird dog of Llewellyn setter stock. The plaintiff alleged in Ms petition, as amended, that through the carelessness and negligence of the defendant, its agents and employees, one of defendant’s locomotives ran over and killed the dog which at the time was on a public crossing accompamed by its owner, and that it was…