Hahn v. Weber & Sons Co.

The plaintiff, Joseph Hahn, commenced this action to recover damages for the reduced yield of his soybean crop allegedly caused by the negligent spraying of Banvel herbicide and 2,4-D with ester by the defendant, Weber & Sons Co. The county court found for the defendant and dismissed the plaintiff’s amended petition. Upon appeal to the district court the judgment was affirmed. The plaintiff has now appealed to this court.

The plaintiff and the defendant farm adjacent land in Saline County, Nebraska. In the spring of 1983 the plaintiff planted soybeans in a 60-acre tract lying directly north of…