Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad v. Furgusson

Citations

• 42 Ill. 449

Syllabus

<p>Negligence—Mobility of railway companies for irym’ies to stock. If a railway company neglects to comply with the statutory requirements, and an injury to an animal occurs, which is fairly attributable to such neglect, the mere fact that the animal is at large, if so at large in violation of no general or local law, will not relieve the company of its liability, even though the animal may go upon the track from uninclosed lots adjacent to the crossing, and is not standing when injured on the actual intersection of the railway and the highway.</p>