Jolly v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant to recover of appellee damages for personal injuries to appellant caused by the alleged negligence of appellee’s servants in leaving a car on its track, which car extended into the public street and which frightened appellant’s horse, causing it to back and throw him out of his buggy and injure him. The court instructed a verdict for the railway company, and judgment was entered accordingly.

The evidence shows that the accident occurred at Bells, where the appellant’s road and that of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company cross. These two…