Norton v. Young

This is an extraordinary judgment, for which no reason can be found in the record. In the late spring aud summer of 1892, the appellant Norton was in possession of a section of land in Arapahoe county. During his occupancy the appellee owned a lot of sheep, which were either running in the vicinity, on unoccupied land, or were being moved between two different points. The land was inclosed with a fence made of three barbed wires of sufficient size and strength to turn sheep. The flock was in charge of a herder. The sheep were turned onto the land occupied by Norton, ate up the pasturage, and…