Denver & Rio Grande Railroad v. Watson

Samuel Watson was the owner of a stallion, which was injured about the 17th of September, 1892, on tbe'line of the *430railroad operated by the Rio Grande Company in Pitkin County. One of its legs was cut off and the horse was of necessity ultimately killed. Satisfactory evidence was produced to show the accident occurred on the line of road and that the animal must have been hurt by one of the trains run by the company. The locus of the accident was very clearly established by the blood and other marks on the ties and rails, and the horse was found but a short distance from the point where it…