Mesa DeMayo Land & Live Stock Co. v. Hoyt

Cunningham, Presiding Judge.

On the 30th day of July, 1910, the plaintiff Hoyt, appellee here, filed his complaint in the district court, claiming damages on account, as it is alleged, of negligence on the part of the defendant in permitting a band of sheep belonging to it, and which was afflicted with a disease known as scab, to stray from their accustomed range and to become commingled with the sheep of plaintiff, thus communicating the disorder to plaintiff’s flock, resulting in the death of many of the latter’s'sheep, great damage to those that did not die, loss of the wool crop or clip,…