Chicago, Rook Island & Pacific Railroad v. Reeves
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
GuieeiN Smith, Chief Justice.
Two black and tan hounds belonging to Clyde R. Reeves were killed by a Rock Island motor train near a bridge north of Leola, where low marshy country is- traversed. The Railroad Company has appealed from a judgment for $200, ap-pellee having sued for $400.
Appellant contends there was no evidence of negligence, and says that the jury arbitrarily disregarded the testimony of Engineer Thomas W. McCuin, the only eye witness. St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co. v. Harmon, 179 Ark. 248, 15 S. W. 2d 310.
Reeves testified that from physical evidence the dogs were killed by a train…
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