South & North Alabama Railroad v. Thompson

Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. William S. Mudd. Tbe appellees, Thompson & Garner, brought this action against the appellant, the South & North Alabama Railroad Company, to recover damages for the killing of sixteen head of stock. The complainant avers that the killing was the result of the negligence or want of skill of defendant’s employes in the management or running of the train. From the evidence for the plaintiffs it appeared that on the 23d of November, 1875, the plaintiff Thompson and a young man were driving a drove of horses and mules, about thirty in number,…