Payne v. Stockton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; G. R. Haynie, Judge; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. On May 7, 1920, appellee sued appellants to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by one of his horses in becoming entangled in the approach to a bridge across a railroad track operated by appellants in Miller County, Arkansas.
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; G. R. Haynie, Judge; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. On May 7, 1920, appellee sued appellants to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by one of his horses in becoming entangled in the approach to a bridge across a railroad track operated by appellants in Miller County, Arkansas. The facts are as follows: Appellants operated a railroad in Miller County, Arkansas, which intersected a public road running north and south known as the Lynn Perry Road. The railroad company, under the statute, constructed across its line of road a wooden bridge…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). .Appellee first sued Walker D. Hines, as Director General of Railroads and Special Agent Texas & Pacific Railway Company, and J. L. Lancaster, and Chas. T. Wallace, receivers of and for the Texas & Pacific Railway, defendants.
The suit was filed and summons issued on May 7, 1920. In open court on June 7,1920, the defendants just named, through their attorneys, KJLng & Mahaffey, filed a motion to strike out certain paragraphs of the complaint. On the 10th day of September, 1920, the record shows that this motion was sustained in part and overruled in part. The…
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