Ross v. Beedelman

Plaintiffs brought this action against defendants to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the breaking of branches and fruitspurs on certain cherry trees on plaintiffs’ property. The court found against the plaintiffs and gave judgment for defendants, from which plaintiffs prosecute this appeal, urging as their main ground “that the evidence does not support the decision”.

The evidence showed that one of the defendants was a deputy sheriff and that the others were men engaged by the sheriff to pick a crop of cherries from the trees of the plaintiffs for the purpose of…