Francis v. Thompson

MoINNIS, Judge ad hoc.

On October 8, 1950 a freight train of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, of which Guy A. Thompson is trustee, ran over and killed a large Brahma hull, at or near Longleaf, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, for which plaintiff demands $448 as the value of the bull.

Negligence charged to the employees of the railroad is that they knew, or should have known, of the presence of cattle in the vicinity, and failed to operate the train at such speed as to avoid striking and killing livestock, and failed to whistle and otherwise signal livestock to frighten them away from the tracks.