Garner v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice:-

A fast east-bound train of appellee passed through London, Pope county, Arkansas, during the- afternoon of January 15, 1944. The appellant’s team became frightened, and ran away, resulting in appellant’s personal injuries and his property damage, for the recovery of all of which he filed action against appellee .in the circuit court. At the conclusion of all of the evidence the court directed a verdict for appellee, and this appeal challenges the correctness of such action of the trial court.

At the outset, we reiterate the well-known rule that, in reviewing in -this…