St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Cole

Me-haKei', J'.

Joe B. Cole, the appellee, was the owner of a team of mules, wagon and harness. The mules were hitched to the wagon in front of the house of Mr. Jones, hut were not hitched to anything to prevent them moving. The lines were tied to the wagon standard, and the team was left standing, no one about them. Mr. Jones had hitched them to the wagon and left them standing in front of the house, and they walked off, went to the railroad crossing, and were struck by a train, and the mules were killed, the wagon and harness damaged. After Jones had tied the lines in front of the wagon and…