St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. James
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. William L. Moose, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action'brought by Henry James against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company before a justice of the peace of Conway county. The plaintiff for cause of action alleged that the defendant company, while operating its road, “negligently ran over and killed a certain mule, the property of plaintiff and of the value of $100.” Whereupon he asked judgment for that amount.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. William L. Moose, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action'brought by Henry James against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company before a justice of the peace of Conway county. The plaintiff for cause of action alleged that the defendant company, while operating its road, “negligently ran over and killed a certain mule, the property of plaintiff and of the value of $100.” Whereupon he asked judgment for that amount. The plaintiff recovered a judgment, and the defendant appealed to the circuit court. On the trial in the circuit court…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the Conway circuit court against the defendant railway company for damages caused by the killing of a mule owned by the plaintiff. The only question raised on the appeal is that the evidence does not show that the court had jurisdiction. The statute requires that actions against railway companies for injuries to stock by trains shall be brought in the county where the injury occurred. Sand. & II. Dig., § 6322. And defendant contends that the evidence does not show that this mule was killed in Conway county.…
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