Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Eckel

Error from Butler District Court. The case is stated in the opinion. 1. The facts in the case do not authorize a recovery, under the statute of 1874, relating to the killing and injuring of stock in the operation of railroads. The question first presented amounts to simply this: If a horse, while running at large, becomes frightened at a passing train, and in his flight from the train crosses an unfenced railroad and runs against a wire fence located on the land of another, and which fence was constructed, owned and controlled by him, is the railway company operating said train liable, under…