Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. Brubaker

Citations

• 47 Ill. 462

Syllabus

<p>1. Construction of - statutes—railroad company fencing against stock. The statute which requires railroad companies to make and maintain fences. “ sufficient to prevent cattle, horses, sheep and hogs from getting on such railroad,” is not a penal statute, but remedial, and will receive a liberal construction.</p> <p>2. Killing stock—mules and asses included in the term cattle. Railroad companies, under the act above referred to, are liable for killing mules and asses, these animals being included in the terms, “ óattle and horses.”</p>