Wallace v. Feehan

This was an action brought by the appellee against appellants to recover damages on account of the loss of a growing crop of oats plowed under by appellants and on account of injury to the soil of the field resulting from its having been plowed by appellants at a time when it was extremely wet.

Appellants filed an answer in two paragraphs, the first in general denial, and the second alleging that they were officers and employees of the Department of Conservation of the State of Indiana and were acting in that capacity at the time of the plowing complained of; that the European corn borer pest,…