Southern Railway Co. v. Carter

W. J. Dean and J. & J. S. Carter brought suit against the Southern Bailway Company to recover -damages for the killing of certain mules by the operation of a train of the defendant company, it being alleged that the employees of the defendant, in consequence of their negligent operation of the train without blowing the whistle, or giving any alarm, or slacking the speed of the train, ran over and killed the mules when they might, by the exercise of due care, have avoided doing so. The defendant filed a plea and answer denying the material allegations in the petition. The plaintiffs filed an…