Chournos v. Alkema

CALLISTER, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff initiated this action, alleging that he was the owner of 10,000 acres of range and grazing lands in Cache and Rich Counties, including Township 9 North, Range 5 East, and that defendants had trespassed over these lands on horseback, by vehicle, and on foot. He asserted that defendants, although requested, declined to cease these acts of trespass, and that they would so continue unless restrained by the court. Plaintiff alleged that the acts of defendants had disturbed his livestock operations and that he had sustained damages in the sum of $1,500. Plaintiff…