Yates v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). It is earnestly insisted that the evidence is hot .sufficient to warrant the verdict. The evidence shows 'that' the plaintiffs lived in rented houses, and that the servants of the railroad company began to burn the carcasses .on Sunday morning and continued to burn them until late the following Wednesday evening. The wind, for the most part, was blowing in the direction of the plaintiffs ’ houses, and caused them and their families extreme discomfort, and 'also made them sick to a certain extent.

It is true that our statute provides that, when any horse,…