Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Edwards

The defendants in error, Will P. Edwards and W. PI. Hightower, brought this suit in the district court of Midland county, Tex., against Texas & Pacific Railway Company, for damages to a herd of cattle belonging to them, alleged to have occurred at a railroad crossing near the town of Midland, in Midland county, Tex. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues in the trial court, and, on the answers of the jury to such issues, judgment was entered for Edwards and Hightower for the sum of $1,760; being $495 for 97 head of cattle injured and the balance for 30 head killed. The railway…