Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co. v. Barr

This suit was instituted by for damages for negligently killing one of his mules. Appellee valued his mule at $150, and also asked for $20 attorney's fees. Upon trial in the justice court appellee offered no evidence, and judgment was accordingly for appellant. He then appealed his case to the county court, where the case was tried without written pleadings. We take the following statement of the nature and result of that trial from appellee's brief:

"That on October 10, 1927, the appellee was living near the E. W. tracks within 35 or 40 feet of the main line east of the tracks at Mayo, and…