Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Bain

Appellee owned a dog, which was run over and killed by one of appellant’s trains in Jackson County, and appellee instituted this action before a justice of the peace in that county to recover damages in the sum of fifty dollars for the loss of the dog. There was -a judgment before the justice of the peace in favor of appellee, and on a trial anew in the circuit court on appeal the result was the same, and an appeal has been duly prosecuted to this court.

The principal contention is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict. It is undisputed that the dog was run over' and…