H. & T. C. R. R. v. Loughbridge

Opinion by

Watts, J.

§ 1300. Railroad; liability for killing, etc., stock; cause of action staled; negligence need not be alleged. The liability of a railroad company for killing or injuring stock in operating their trains is, by the terms of the statute, prima facie absolute. In other words, the owner of the stock states a cause of action, upon which he is prima facie entitled to recover, when he alleges that the railroad company, in operating its trains, killed or injured certain stock belonging to him, describing the same and stating its value. A petition in such case need not allege…