Schneider v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

This suit was to recover damages for thé killing of a horse by defendant’s locomotive engine and ears, and the petition alleges that: “Defendant so carelessly and negligently ran and managed its locomotive engine and cars, on its railroad, as to run against and over said horse, thereby killing him.” Defendant objected to any evidence on the part of plaintiff, “ because the petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action,” This objection was overruled. That the petition is sufficient in such a case, has been repeatedly held by this court. Meyer v. Atlantic & Pacific R.…