Case ID: ind_19/html/0042-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      Per Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The President and Directors of the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company v. Smith.
    In an action against a railroad company for killing stock, commenced in the Common Pleas or Circuit Court, the complaint should aver that the killing was the result of negligence on the part of the company.
    The objections that there is a want of jurisdiction, and of a cause of action, may be raised upon appeal.
    APPEAL from the Putnam Common Pleas.
    
      Henry Secrest and Solon Turman, for tbe appellants.
    
      Williamson and JDaggy, for tbe appellees.
   Per Curiam.

Suit by Smith against The Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company, to recover for stock killed by tbe machinery of the road, in 1858. The suit was commenced in tbe Common Pleas, and the complaint did not allege negligence, but simply that tbe road was not fenced.

A demurrer to tbe answer reached back to tbe complaint.

Tbe cases of The Jeffersonville, etc., v. Martin, 10 Ind. 416; The Indianapolis, etc., v. Taffe, 11 Id. 458; and Indianapolis, etc., v. Kercheval, 16 Id. 84, are decisive that tbe action can not be maintained.

Tbe objections that there was a want of jurisdiction, and of a cause of action, may be raised, upon appeal.

Tbe judgment is reversed, with costs; cause remanded to be dismissed.