Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Wright

Citations

• 78 Miss. 125

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroads. Live stock on track. Reasonable caire. Instruction.</p> <p>In a suit against a railroad company for killing live stock on its track, it is erroneous to instruct the jury that the company is liable unless the injury was unavoidable, since the exercise of reasonable eare to avoid the injury will exonerate the company.</p> <p>3. Same. Cattle on side of track.</p> <p>A railroad engineer need not stop or check the speed of the train because live stock are seen on the side of the track, nor is it always his duty in such case to blow the whistle.</p>