Russell v. Bailey

On September 7, 1924, ap-■pellee, while riding his horse on one of the public roads of Liberty county, met appellant, who was driving an automobile. Ap-pellee’s horse became unmanageable, and as a result there was a collision between the car and the horse, resulting in damages to the horse and to appellee. This suit was instituted to recover damages for the injuries thus inflicted, and resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee for $2,500.

The grounds of negligence alleged by appel-lee and found by the jury were that appellant failed to reduce the speed of the car after observing the…