Jackson Electric Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Waycaster

Citations

• 92 Miss. 816
• 46 So. 135

Syllabus

<p>Street Railway. Operation. Dog hilled on trade. Liability. Case.</p> <p>An electric street railway company is liable for the killing of a dog,, run over by its trolley car on a public street in the suburbs of a city, where the car, rapidly moving, followed the dog running down hill along the center of the track in front of the car and in-full view for one hundred and fifty yards, the employes of defendant simply ringing the bell, but doing nothing to get the car well under control until too late to save the animal.</p>