Crosby v. Spencer

Cooper, Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action against appellants for damages resulting to appellee’s peach orchard from the negligent spraying of appellants’ adjacent cotton field. Following a jury verdict awarding appellee $93,007.45 in damages for future lost profits, appellants brought this appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict and from the denial of their motions for judgment n.o.v. and new trial.

The trial transcript reveals that appellee and his stepfather operated a fruit and vegetable farm in Brooks County, Georgia. In 1983, they expanded their farming operation and…