Morrison v. Kansas City & Westport Belt Railway Co.

This suit was instituted in a justice’s court where it was tried and appealed to the circuit court of the county where it'was tried anew, and, the judgment being for the plaintiff, appeal was taken to this court.

The statement reads as follows: “That on or about the first part of July,- 1909, plaintiff was the owner and possessor of a certain mare, to-wit, a chestnut mare, about eight years old, of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars; that said mare, casually and without the fault or procurement of plaintiff, strayed in and upon the tracks and grounds occupied by said defendant road, in…