International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Diaz
Court of Appeals of Texas
• Appeal from Bexar County Court for Civil Cases; Geo. W. Huntress, Judge. Action by Joe Diaz against the International & Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPly, C. J.
Appellee sought the recovery of damages from appellant resulting from the death of a certain mule, which came to its end by being struck by a moving locomotive, operated on the track of appellant in the city of San Antonio. The grounds of negligence were a failure to reduce the speed of the train to 10 miles an hour in obedience to an ordinance of said city, a failure to ring a bell or blow a whistle at street crossings, and a failure to exercise ordinary diligence in discovering said mule on the track, and, if they did discover it, a failure to stop the train. A claim was made for $225, and…
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