Cooper v. Peturis

This appeal is from a denial of plaintiff Cooper's motion for new trial on the ground that the jury verdict was against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence. We have carefully reviewed the record and do not agree with plaintiff that the verdict is without support. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Plaintiff, in alternative counts, claimed that defendant Peturis had damaged his soybean crop while aerially spraying a herbicide, a chemical known commercially as Banvel, upon property which adjoined his land. The trial court granted defendant's motion for a directed verdict…