Grant v. Hass
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from the District Court of Mills. Tried below before Hon. John W. Goodwin.
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Chief Justice.
This is an action by Hass against the defendant Grant for damages on account of injuries sustained by plaintiff resulting from the discharge of a spring gun, located upon the inclosed premises of the defendant. The amount sued for was $1000.
The defendant Grant in his answer alleged that the spring gun was set out by him in his inclosed field at nighttime for the purpose of protecting his melon crop against thieves; that previous to that time his melon patch had been depredated upon and melons stolen; that he guarded the melon patch in daytime, and only set out the gun at…
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