Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Williams

This case was filed in the district court of Roberts county by the plaintiff, Williams, seeking to recover for damages to cattle caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant railway.

A jury was waived, and all matters of fact as well as of law were submitted to the court. On trial the court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

The alleged negligence, as set out in the plaintiff’s petition, consisted of the continuous sounding by the engineer of the engine whistle without reasonable excuse, occasion, or necessity for same, causing the stampeding of the plaintiff’s…