Hughes v. Stusser

Of the forms of animal life known to modern science, few, if any, classifications other than Homo sapiens have been the subject of as much legal controversy as the members of the order Isoptera. The species involved in this particular lawsuit does not appear in the record, but it is likely it was from the genus Reticulitermes of the family of Rhinotermitidae, 1 known to the nonbiologically oriented as “termites.” The wooden edifices of man represent nothing more to these despicable insects than an abundant source of cellulose, which is their principal food.

The plaintiffs herein, Mr. and Mrs.…