Mobile & Ohio R. R. v. Holliday

Citations

• 79 Miss. 294

Syllabus

<p>1. Railboads. Dogs. LiabiMty for kitting on track.</p> <p>A railroad company whose train killed a stray dog on its track, in an open prairie, three-quarters of a mile from a station, is not liable therefor to the owner of the dog where the animal was not seen by the engineer, who was engaged in looking- after his machinery, nor by the fireman, who was attending to the fire.</p> <p>3. Same. Presumption of value.</p> <p>There is no presumption of the value of dogs, especially of stray dogs, as there is of other classes of animals.</p>