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 § 378.] THE LAW OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. [CHAP. VII. R. Co., 56 N. Y. 295; Edleman v. St. Louis Transfer Co., 3 Mo. App. 503. A legislature cannot by statute re- strict the amount recoverable from railroad companies for personal in- juries caused by their negligence. Passenger R'y Co. v. Boudrou, 92 Pa. St. 475. (Of course, a very dif- ferent case from that where a legis- 362 lature creates the right of action for injuries resulting in death and limits the amount of damages recoverable.) A statute giving double damages for cattle killed by a railroad company, through its failure to fence, is con- stitutional. Minneapolis Ry. Co. v. Beckwith, 129 U. S. 26.