Reyher v. Mayne

Mayne, plaintiff, sued Herman and Charles Reyher, defendants, for damages of $5,234.50, the general basis for claim being that defendants, without right, entered upon certain premises where plaintiff was in the legal enjoyment of hunting privileges, and carelessly, recklessly and negligently discharged guns at plaintiff’s decoy geese, killing some of them, and that shot from one of the discharges struck and injured plaintiff. He also claimed that the circumstances warranted the recovery of exemplary damages of $2,000. Defendants made denial, and alleged that plaintiff’s injuries, if any, were…