Molton v. Young

STOKES, Justice.

During a portion of the winter of 1946-47, appellant, Joe Molton, owned 250 head of cattle which he was pasturing upon a wheat field located in Hale County and in charge of one Richardson as tenant of the owner. On the morning of January 2, 1947, during a snowstorm, the cattle escaped into the public road, and some of them entered the field of appellee, T. Y. Young, in which there were numerous shocks of feed. When the cattle were discovered by appellee, he attempted to place all of them in pens and enclosures. A num ber of them escaped but he succeeded in placing 44 head in…