Grayson v. Lynch
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP NEW MEXICO. This was an action originally begun in the District Court for the Third Judicial District, for the county of Dona Ana, New Mexico, by the appellees, constituting the firm of lynch Bros., against the appellants, who are members of the firm of Grayson & Co., for loss and damage to a herd of cattle by a disease known as “ Texas cattle fever,” claimed to have been communicated to them by certain cattle owned by…
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APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP NEW MEXICO. This was an action originally begun in the District Court for the Third Judicial District, for the county of Dona Ana, New Mexico, by the appellees, constituting the firm of lynch Bros., against the appellants, who are members of the firm of Grayson & Co., for loss and damage to a herd of cattle by a disease known as “ Texas cattle fever,” claimed to have been communicated to them by certain cattle owned by defendants, which had been shipped from infected districts in Texas, and permitted to roam over plaintiffs’ range. There were…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
In this case, which was tried by the court without a jury, there are fifty-three assignments of error taken to the introduction of much of the testimony and to the finding of the principal facts. As usual, when the assignments are so numerous, it will be necessary to consider but few of them.
1. Thirteen of these assignments are taken in different form to the action of the court in holding that, upon a trial by the court, the admission of improper, incompetent, irrelevant or immaterial evidence Avas no cause for reversal; that in such case, on appeal, the court will give no weight to such…
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