Harsh v. Cure Feeders, L.L.C.

Opinion by

Judge ROY.

Plaintiff, L.L. Harsh, appeals the trial court’s judgment finding defendant, Cure Feeders, L.L.C., liable, but awarding only $150 for one day of grazing by 500 head of defendant’s cattle entering upon plaintiffs land. We reverse and remand for an award for the damages to plaintiffs crops and for additional damages that arose from a fertilizer spill caused by the trespassing cattle.

Plaintiff farmed nine fields irrigated by separate center pivot sprinkler systems. The subject field comprised 165.5 acres which were planted to corn. The field was protected by an outer…