Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Lambuth

Citations

• 74 Miss. 758

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Injury to animal. Wire fence. Right of way.</p> <p>If a horse is frightened by a train and runs into a place rendered dangerous by the proximity of a wire fence, erected by the company’s consent on the right of way, and a bluff of the cut in which the railroad is laid, and the danger is known to the engineer in charge of the train, and he can do anything which would save the animal from its peril and fails to do it, the company is liable for injuries to the horse resulting- from contact with the fence.</p>