Smith v. Gvirtzman

This is an action for damages for trespass and conversion. Plaintiff alleged that he was engaged in the business of catching apd marketing fish; that he was the lessee and in possession of -a- certain pond or reservoir which constituted his source of supply for fish; that defendant entered upon the premises without right, took fish from the reservoir and drained the- water therefrom, all to his damage in the sum of-three hundred dollars. The answer was a general denial. At the close of the evidence the court granted defendant’s ■ motion for a directed verdict and appropriate judgment'…