Henderson v. Coleman
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Sheridan County; HoN. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The material facts’’ are stated in the opinion. The verdict and judgment rendered, in this case is most unreasonable. It will be noticed that the right of plaintiffs to recover depended mostly, if not altogether, upon evidence 'that the trespass had been committed by persons claimed to have been in the employ of the defendant.
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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County; HoN. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The material facts’’ are stated in the opinion. The verdict and judgment rendered, in this case is most unreasonable. It will be noticed that the right of plaintiffs to recover depended mostly, if not altogether, upon evidence 'that the trespass had been committed by persons claimed to have been in the employ of the defendant. Much of the testimony related to declarations of one Sherwin,. who the plaintiffs claimed was the herder in charge of the trespassing sheep, and they sought to establish his employment and…
1Opinion of the Court
PotteR, Justice.
This action was brought by A. L. Coleman and George A. Coleman against Fred Henderson to recover damages for an alleged trespass upon 360 acres of land situated in Big Horn County, in this state, and driving therefrom 250 head of cattle belonging to the plaintiffs as co-partners and preventing such cattle from pasturing thereon. There was a jury trial, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $2,500. The defendant has brought the judgment here for review on error. The right of the plaintiffs to the possession of the land for the purpose of pasturing…
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