Case ID: sw_236/html/0227-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "HODGES, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

PAYNE, Agent, v. SAUNDERS.
    (No. 2476.)
    (Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Texarkana.
    Dec. 22, 1921.)
    Railroads <@=410 — Liable for stock negligently killed.
    A railroad is liable for the value of an animal killed at a crossing through negligent operation of a train.
    Appeal from Harrison County Court; W. H. Strength, Judge.
    Action by N. W. Saunders against John Barton Payne, Agent. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
    Affirmed.
    Hall, Brown & Hall, of Marshall, for ap: pellant.
    John W. Scott, of Marshall, for appellee.
   HODGES, J.

This suit originated in a justice court of Harrison county, and the appeal is from a judgment against the government agent of the United States Railway Administration for the value of an animal killed at a crossing. The jury found that the killing was the proximate result of the negligent operation of a train, and the evidence is sufficient to justify that finding. The judgment will therefore be affirmed.