Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co v. Blake

NEILL, Associate Justice.

The appellee sued appellant in the Justice’s Court to recover damages for the alleged killing of his hound dog of the Walker breed, named Whiskey. He recovered twenty-five dollars for Whiskey in the Justice’s Court, and, on appeal to the District Court, fifty.

The evidence shows that Whiskey was a mighty fine fox hound and well trained for his age, for he was hardly a year old when killed. When last seen alive he was standing lazily in dreamy hound-like meditation near appellant’s railroad track. When next seen his head was off and his body mangled, for he had been…