Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Gedney

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This was an action brought by Harry Gedney to recover for a cow killed by a train of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, at a crossing of a public highway in Anderson county, and resulted in a verdict of $30, in favor of the plaintiff.

The railway company insists that the findings and verdict of the jury are not sustained by the evidence. The cow killed was one of several that were grazing on the highway, near to the crossing on the railroad, on the morning of the accident. Some of them were upon one side of the track and some upon the…