Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from McLennan County Court;; Geo. N. Denton, Judge. Action by W. J. Taylor against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company, begun in justice court and appealed by defendant to the county court. From a judgment there for plaintiff, defendant again appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
This suit originated in the justice court of precinct No. 5 of McLennan county. A judgment was rendered in both the justice and the county courts in favor of the appellee against the appellant for the sum of $150 as damages for the killing of a horse on the appellant’s right of way by one of its locomotives.
The contention on this appeal is that the facts attending the killing of the animal required the court to determine, as a matter of law, that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. It is insisted that the undisputed evidence shows that the animal was killed within the appellant’s…
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