Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Chase

Appellant prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of $150 against it in favor of appellee for running over and killing with one of its trains, two hunting dogs owned by him.

The first assignment of error is that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict. According to the testimony of John Tilley, he lived near Shipp’s Ferry in ¡Baxter County, Arkansas, in November, 1928. He heard a train whistle, and went to his door. He saw what he took to be a couple of yearlings on the railroad track, running ahead of the train. He could see them in the light of the train, and they…