Missouri Pacific R.R. Co. v. Hull

This suit was begun by appellee against appellant to recover damages for killing a bird dog. The dog was killed in the nighttime, and no one saw it killed. The evidence, however, shows that the dog was found on the track between the rails, mutilated, one foot cut off and its head and body injured. One witness said it looked as if the head of the dog was partly cut off and the body had been dragged five or six feet in an easterly direction. There was blood on the ties, the track was straight for half a mile or more on each side of the place where the dog was killed. There was blood and gravel…