Receivers v. Green

KEY, Associate Justice.

Appellee brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries. His petition charges, that while he was travelling in a wagon drawn by a pair of horses, appellants’ employes unlawfully, wantonly, and recklessly sounded the whistle of a freight train, causing said team of horses to run away, rendering it necessary for him to jump from the wagon to protect himself, and thereby causing the injuries complained of.

Appellants answered by plea in abatement, general denial, and a special answer, the particulars of which need not be here stated.

Appellee recovered a verdict…