Griffin v. Anderson

SAMUEL E. SEMPLE, Special Commissioner.

This is an action for damages resulting' from an invasion of defendant Anderson’s-cattle on the land of plaintiffs Griffin and eating and trampling a growing crop of corn which had been planted thereon on a-sharecrop basis by plaintiff Kerley. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the sum of $643.00. From the judgment for plaintiffs rendered on the verdict, the defendant has perfected an appeal to this court.

Plaintiffs, Howard and Cleta Jean Griffin, owned a 160 acre farm in Pike County, Missouri, which adjoined land owned by…