Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Jolly

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

Appellee sued appellant to recover for personal injuries alleged to have resulted to him from being thrown from his buggy by reason of his horse becoming frightened at a car standing on appellant’s track and partly in the street along which plaintiff was traveling. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff.

The accident occurred at Bells, where the appellant’s road and that of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company cross. These two roads have and maintain there a joint depot and yards, having a joint agent in charge. They have certain Y and switch tracks which are used by both. One…