St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Seay

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

—Appellee brought this suit to recover the value of a colt killed by one of appellant’s trains at tir near what is known as the station of Headers on appellant’s line of railway. A trial by a jury was had and verdict and judgment rendered in favor of appellee for the sum of $400.

Upon the theory that the evidence conclusively established that appellee’s colt was killed within the switching limits of Headers station, without negligence on appellant’s part, and at a point' where the defendant was not required by law to fence its track, appellant requested the court to…