Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Peyton

This was originally an action brought before a justice of the peace of Coles county to recover damages of the defendant, a railroad company, for killing a cow, the property of the plaintiff. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, from which defendant appealed to the circuit court. On trial there before a jury, a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, and his damages assessed, on which the court entered judgment, having overruled a motion for a new trial.

The accident occurred within the corporate limits of the town of Charleston, where the company were not required by law to…