Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Jahn

KEY,. Associate Justice.

Appellee brought this suit to recover •damages for personal injuries and obtained a verdict and judgment for $823. The first assignment of error presents two questions of fact, viz., that the defendant was not guilty of any negligence, and that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence.

The testimony shows that a train of live stock, consisting of about 15 ■cars, was shipped from Gonzales, Texas, to St. Louis, Mo.; that the cattle in two of the cars belonged to one Cardwell; that the plaintiff, in order to obtain transportation to St. Louis, went along to look…