Brown v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.

— This is an action for damages under section 2612, Bevised Statutes 1889, for the killing of the plaintiff’s horse, and for a reasonable attorney’s fee under section 2613, Bevised Statutes 1889. The answer admits that the defendant is a corporation and that it owns and operates a railroad, and then denies generally all the allegations of the petition. The case was tried in the circuit court, before a jury, who returned the following verdict on the 19th of September, 1898: “We the jury, And for the plaintiff and assess his damage at $25.” Thereupon the jury was discharged and a judgment…