Southern Ry. Co. v. Lewis

This is an action under Code Section 2651 for the value of a registered Hereford bull killed by a moving train of the Southern Railway Company. The jury returned a verdict for $500 which was approved by the trial judge and the present appeal by the Railway Company resulted. A single question is presented: Can a railway company under Code, Section, 2652 defend an action for killing an animal at a point where the adjoining landowner maintained a lawful fence along his property through which the animal escaped, the evidence affirmatively showing that the railway company itself neither…