Legal Opinion

Chicago, Rook Island & Pacific Railroad v. Reeves

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 20, 1950No. 4-9131PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Evans v. LipscombSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
  2. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. HarmonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929
  3. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. PaceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  4. Railway Co. v. ChamblissSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
  5. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. HutchisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cooper v. CooperSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
  2. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952

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