Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Pierce

Complaint in three paragraphs by the appellee against the appellant and two other railroad companies, for the alleged killing of a horse by the appellant, as lessee of a railroad running from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Rock-ville, Indiana. The appellee’s right to recover was based, in the first and third paragraphs of his complaint, upon the failure of the appellant to fence securely the railroad at the place where the animal entered upon the same and was killed. The second paragraph seeks to recover upon the ground of negligence.

The appellant’s answer was in two paragraphs. The first was a…