Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad v. Hembree

Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Jackson. Tried before tbe Hon. JOHN B. Tally. Tbis action was brought by A. J. Hembree, against tbe appellant corporation, to recover damages for killing a mare, tbe property of plaintiff. Tbe circumstances attending tbe killing, as disclosed by tbe evidence on the trial, are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Tbe court charged tbe jury, ex mero motu, as follows: “It is tbe duty of tbe engineer, or other person having control of tbe running of a locomotive, on approaching any public road-crossing, and within a quarter of a mile of such crossing, to blow tbe…