Townsend v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 29 Wash. 185
• 69 P. 750
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 574

Syllabus

<p>EAILBOADS-INJURIES TO CATTLE-EVIDENCE-COMPETENCY.</p> <p>In an action against a railway company for killing cattle, in which the issue was as to whether they had got on the right of way through an open gate or hy breaking through an inferior fence, evidence showing the condition of the fence .immediately after the accident, that there were signs of fresh breaks which had been repaired, and bunches of cow hair upon the fresh raw edges of the planks, was competent for the purpose of establishing the point where the cattle got through, although not admissible for the purpose of establishing negligence by proof of repairs subsequent to the accident.</p>