Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. King

The action was by plaintiffs, appellees here, to recover from the defendant, appellant here, damages in the sum of $1,200.00, for negligently, with its-engine and cars, running upon, over and against, and thus killing some, and maiming others, of a number of horses and mules described in the complaint, the property of plaintiffs. Two causes of action are stated. One, based upon the statute requiring railway companies to erect and maintain fences and gates along their tracks and rights of way, passed in 1902 at the extra session of the thirteenth General Assembly. The other upon the *182common…