Pool v. Clark

Appellant and appellee are neighbors, each farming land in the White River bottom in Durham township, Washington county, Arkansas. The running at large of cattle in this township was made unlawful by the provisions of Act 103 of the General Assembly of Arkansas of 1907, as amended by Act 273 of the General Assembly of Arkansas of 1909, put in effect by the voters at an election held in 1921. After his fence was damaged by a flood from the river some of appellant’s cattle strayed from his premises on to the land of appellee where they ate, trampled and otherwise damaged appellee’s field of…