STONE, C. J.
The testimony of the engineer was to the effect, that the cow sprang on the track about fifty yards ahead of the train; that the animal was not, and could not be seen, before that time; and that when discovered, all the appliances known to skillful engineers could not have stopped the train in time to save the cow. If this be believed, it was a complete defense to the action. Charge number 2, given *209at the instance of plaintiff, ignored this principle, and the testimony stated above, and must work a reversal of the judgment rendered. — E. T., Va. & Ga. R. R. Co. v. Bayliss, 75 Ala. 466" court="Ala." date_filed="1883-12-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/east-tennessee-virginia--georgia-railroad-v-bayliss-6511903?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6511903">75 Ala. 466; Same v. Deaver, 79 Ala. 216" court="Ala." date_filed="1885-12-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/east-tenn-va--ga-railroad-v-deaver-6512356?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6512356">79 Ala. 216; Ala. Gr. So. R. R. Co. v. McAlpine, 80 Ala. 73" court="Ala." date_filed="1885-12-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/ala-great-southern-railroad-v-mcalpine--co-6512458?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6512458">80 Ala. 73; M. & G. R. R. Co. v. Caldwell, 83 Ala. 196" court="Ala." date_filed="1887-12-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/mobile--girard-r-r-v-caldwell-6512921?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6512921">83 Ala. 196.
Beversed and remanded.