Case Name: GALVESTON, H. & H. RY. CO. v. LEGGIO
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1914-04-22
Citations: 166 S.W. 698
Docket Number: No. 5,265
Parties: GALVESTON, H. & H. RY. CO. v. LEGGIO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 166
Pages: 698–699

Head Matter:
GALVESTON, H. & H. RY. CO. v. LEGGIO.
(No. 5,265.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
April 22, 1914.)
Railroads (§ 443*)—Injuries to Stock— Sufficiency of Evidence — Negligence.
Evidence, in an action for damages for killing a mule on a railroad track, held to sustain a finding that the engineer could have seen the mule in time to stop and did not attempt to do so.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Railroads, Cent. Dig. §§ 1608-1620; Dec. Dig. § 443.*]
Appeal from Galveston County Court; George E. Mann, Judge.
Action by V. Leggio against the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
John L. Darrouzet, of Galveston, and John T. Galrison, of Houston, for appellant. Geo. G. Clough and Aubrey Fuller, both of Galveston, for appellee.

Opinion:
CARL, J.
Appellee, V. Leggio, sued the Galveston, Houston &! Henderson Railway Company for the value of a mule killed by one of appellant's engines at Dickinson, in Galveston county, and recovered $125, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The engineer testified that his train was running about 35 miles per hour through, the town of Dickinson, no stops being made between Houston and Galveston; and he says he could not have stopped his train without endangering the lives and limbs of the passengers. Other testimony is to the effect that the track was straight and that the mule was on the track while the train was yet about a half mile away; that they tried to scare the mule away; and that the train did not slow down, even after it struck the deceased. These facts justified the trial court in concluding that the engineer could have seen the faithful beast of burden in time to stop, and that he made no effort to do so, thereby causing the untimely demise of Leggio's mule.
There are but two assignments of error, which we have carefully examined, and, finding them without merit, same are overruled.
Judgment is affirmed.