Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Jenkins

J. G. Jenkins, the plaintiff, instituted this suit in justice court, precinct No. 2, Daliam county, T.ex., against the defendant the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, to recover the sum of $100, the asserted market value of his horse alleged to have been killed by the negligence of the defendant, and for the sum of $15 as attorney’s fees.

Plaintiff obtained a judgment for $115 in justice court, the defendant appealed the case to the county court, and upon a trial de novo in said court, plaintiff recovered judgment for the value of his horse, determined to be $75, from which judgment…