Texas & New Orleans Railway Co. v. Hook

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The appellee brought suit in a justice court to recover of the appellant damages for the negligent killing of a dog of the value of $19.95. Among other pleas the defendant pleaded in reconvention against the plaintiff damages in the sum of $135, in that the defendant had given the dog to the plaintiff, and that the plain tiff had contracted and agreed with the defendant that he would keep that and other dogs belonging to plaintiff off defendant’s railroad track, but that the plaintiff had permitted said dog to go upon the track of defendant, and one of defendant’s…