Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Ward
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Woodward County; R. H. Loofbourrow, fudge. Action by J. R. Ward against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ee Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROSSER, C.
This was an action to recover damages for the killing of four horses and for injury to three others, the property of J. R. Ward.
The herd law- is in force in Woodward county. The horses escaped from the corral where Ward kept them, and passed through an open gate on a private roadway across the company’s track, and passed down upon the right of way, and there were killed and injured by a passenger train at the end of a bridge half a mile from the gate where they came in. The right of way was fenced, and the fences came together in a V shape, where they joined the bridge.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Davis & YoungSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Illinois Central Railroad v. NobleIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Bostwick v. Minneapolis & Pacific Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1892
- M. & L. R. R. R. v. KerrSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1889
- Pacific Railroad v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
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