Kilgore v. Howe

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellee, R. J. Howe, sued appellant, C. L. Kilgore, for damages done to an automobile resulting from a collision between the automobile and a steer belonging to appellant allegedly roaming at large unlawfully and unattended on a fenced, designated state highway. Appellant denied appel-lee’s allegations, charged that his damages were due to his own negligence, and sued him in a-cross-action for the value of the steer, alleging that it died as a result of the collision.

The trial was to a jury which found in answer to special issues submitted to it that appellant permitted…