Matthews v. Langhofer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Damages were sought by plaintiff in this action because the defendant had allowed a scrub bull to run at large, enter his pasture, where thoroughbred heifers about thirteen months old were kept, with the result that seven of them were gotten with calf and these calves, it was claimed, were only worth $15, whereas thoroughbred calves would have been worth $150. The breeding occurred as was alleged and shown when the heifers were about thirteen months old and it is asserted that they should not have been bred until they were nearly two…