Pearson v. Zehr

The appellee, Christian Zehr, brought trespass quare clausum fregit against appellants for breaking and entering his close with force and arms, and killing certain of his horses and , ' destroying certain of his harness, and he had verdict and judgment, in the circuit court of Tazewell county, for $1350 damages. Appellants pleaded not guilty, and also special pleas, wherein they justified the acts complained of upon the ground that the horses of appellee were diseased with a certain contagious and infectious disease called “glanders,” and that the harness was poisoned with the contagion of…