Hunt's v. Mutter

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

—Reversing first case and affirming second case.

The opinion will dispose of two appeals from judgments rendered in a joint trial.

Landon Mutter, his father, John Mutter, and others, were engaged in constructing or reconstructing a road by or through the property of Marion Hunt. He claimed that they had gone beyond the staked line and had trespassed upon his land, which gave rise to a quarrel between Hunt and John Mutter. Landon Mutter arrived on the scene and became a participant. He and Hunt drew their pistols about the same time and began firing.…