State v. Webster

OPINION

By the Court,

Bat jer, J.:

On the evening of December 14, 1967, seven dark-colored horses belonging to Dr. Richard Miller escaped from a pasture located near an unguarded entrance to U.S. Highway 395, wandered onto a frontage road and then onto the newly constructed controlled-access freeway. This controlled-access freeway began at the foot of Lakeview Hill north of Carson City, Nevada, and continued north to a point approximately four miles from said city.

A motorist driving toward Carson City hit one of those horses at a point about three and one-half miles north of that city. Another…