Jones v. Bond

This cause was submitted to the court, upon the questions of fact as well as law, upon petition, answer, and proofs^ The petition, in substance, alleges that petitioner was the owner'of a very valuable hitch, of the setter tribe, from which he semi-annually obtained a large number of puppies, that he sold for a large sum; that said bitch was of the value of 8150; that on the 19th day of January, 1889, she was on the track of the Vicksburg c% Meridian Railroad, then being operated by the defendant as receiver under the orders of this court, and that, through the carelessness and negligence of…