Case Name: The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad Co. v. Oestel
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1863-05
Citations: 20 Ind. 231
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad Co. v. Oestel.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad Co. v. Oestel.
Railroads. — A railroad company is not required to fence hér track in the immediate vicinity of her engine house, machine shops, car house, and wood yard, and the company is therefore not liable for stock killed by her in such places.
APPEAL from the Marion Circuit Court.
Thomas A. Hendricks, Oscar B. Hord, and Scobey ft Pound, for the appellant.
JR. L. Walpole, for the appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Suit by the appellee against the railroad company for killing a hog. The suit is based upon the statute making railroad companies liable for stock killed upon the road where it is not fenced. Judgment for the plaintiff.
We are of opinion that the defendant was not required to fence the road at the point where the animal in question was killed. It was at that point, near Indianapolis, where the engine house and machine shop, car house, wood house and wood yard, of the defendant are situated, which point, as it seems to us, could not well be fenced. Indianapolis, &c., R. R. Co. v. Kinney, 8 Ind. 402.
The judgment below is reversed with costs, and the cause remanded.