Beaumont, S. L. & W. Ry. Co. v. Stubblefield

This was a suit in county court of Liberty county by appellee against appellant for damages for killing his mule. The mule was killed by appellant on or about the 1st day of September, 1929, within the switching limits of Sandune, a station upon its line of railroad, at a point where appellant was not required to fence its right of way. The mule was found dead about eight feet from a public road crossing, which crosses its switching limits, south of the railroad track and on the side next to the city of Houston. Appellee pleaded against appellant that in approaching Sandune its agents, in…