Griner Drilling Service, Inc. v. Jenkins

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a trespass case.

Jenkins filed suit against Griner Drilling Service, Inc. (Griner) for trespass to his property, which allegedly occurred when Griner’s employees entered upon Jenkins’s land to recover pipe that Griner had installed. Griner counterclaimed to recover the pipe or, alternatively, the value of the pipe.

Griner filed a motion for summary judgment, which was denied. The case was then tried before a jury, which returned a verdict for Jenkins on his trespass claim in the amount of $4,000 and a verdict for Griner on its counterclaim in the amount of $1,575, i.e.,…