CROSS ET UX v. Harris

This is an action in trespass to recover damages for the partial destruction of growing crops caused by airplane spraying of such crops by the defendants with a poisonous chemical and herbicide.

The plaintiffs are the owners and operators of a farm in Umatilla County, Oregon. The defendant Clarence Harris is engaged in the business of aviation spraying and the defendant B. L. Witty was his employee and the pilot of the airplane which was used in spraying plaintiffs’ crops. The date of the alleged trespass was April 8, 1960.

In a jury trial the plaintiffs recovered a verdict for $7,549.10. The…