Harrison v. Adamson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Palo Alto District Court. — Hon. Lot Thomas, Judge. Action at law to recover damages of the defendants for herding cattle upon certain wild and uninclosed land, by reason of which the grass thereon was pastured ' and permanently injured and practically destroyed. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1. Trespass: grazing of cattle upon uninclosed wild land damages. I. The plaintiff is the owner of a section of wild land in Palo Alto county. In the years 1886 and 1887 the defendants were the owners of a herd of three hundred and fifty cattle, which were kept in the neighborhood of the plaintiff’s land. The evidence shows beyond question that in the pasturing seasons of 1886 and 1887 these cattle were not permitted to .run at large, but'were kept and herded upon uninclosed wild land, and attended and restrained by a herder. It *695further appears that in both of said years they were for part or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harrison v. AdamsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
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