St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Gray

This is an action instituted by appellee to recover the value of three head of stock alleged to have been killed by servants of appellant in the operation of a train. The verdict was in favor of appellee, and appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment on the ground that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict.

The animals in question were injured in Poinsett County, near the town of Marked Tree, which is located on appellant’s line of railroad about a half-mile south of the bridge across St. Francis River. There is another trestle a short, distance south of Marked Tree.…