Council v. Duprel

Brady, Tom P., J.

Appellant, Harold T. Council, filed Ms original declaration in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, on October 27, 1961, against appellees, C. A. Duprel, and J. P. Marquis and Mrs. J. P. Marquis, d/b/a Marquis Flying Service, for damages to appellant’s cotton and bean crops grown in the year 1961, caused by a hormone type herbicide coming into contact with the crops.

In the original declaration, appellant charged that appellees’ negligent aerial application of the herbicide to Appellee Duprel’s rice crop had caused the appellant to lose 265 bales of cotton from…