Stanley v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Wyatt Stanley sued the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company for damages resulting from the escape of cattle from his feed lot, alleged to have been due to the defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff having died, the action was revived in the name of. his administratrix. Upon a jury trial a general verdict was returned against the defendant, but judgment was rendered in its favor upon the special findings. The plaintiff appeals.

The evidence tended to show these facts: Stanley *86kept a number of cattle in a feed lot one side of which was…