Court of Appeals of Texas June 11, 1904 (Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Atlas Press Brick Works)

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

Appellee sued to recover the value of two mules killed by appellant’s train. Appellant plead that appellee was guilty of contributory negligence in that the law in Ellis County prohibited stock from running at large in said county, and that appellee negligently allowed the mules to escape and wander at large in said county, without being herded, which was the proximate