Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Green

Appellee recovered judgment against the appellant railroad company for $2.5 damages for killing a •dog owned by him, and the railroad company has appealed.

For the reversal of the judgment it is insisted that there was no testimony showing that the dog was killed by the railroad company, and that the court erred in giving certain instructions and in refusing others, and in the admission of certain testimony.

On behalf of appellee a section-hand employed by the railroad testified .that he lived near the railroad track, and that, during the night, he heard a dog howling on •the track. The next…