Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Hall

Citations

• 88 Ill. 368

Syllabus

<p>Railroads—duty of company as to keeping fence in repair. Where a railroad is enclosed by a sufficient fence, and a casual breach occurs therein, without the knowledge or fault of the company, and through such breach stock get upon the track and are injured, the company is not liable unless it has had a reasonable time to discover such breach, or has been notified and fails to repair before the injury occurred.</p>