International-Great Northern R. v. Motley

Appellee, W. T. Motley, sued appellant, International-Great Northern Railroad Company, to recover as damages the value of a mule. Appellee alleged, in substance, that said railway ran through his pasture; that its right of way was fenced, except where its track crossed a stream; that said stream was spanned by a trestle, which supported the track; that the right of way fence on each side was connected with said trestle on each end thereof by a wing or cross fence; that appellant’s right of way fence ran through a thicket of timber; that said fence had been permitted to fall down so that stock…