Hastie v. Collins

This action was originally brought by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against plaintiff in error, defendant below, before a justice of the peace, in the city of Wellington, in Sumner county, to recover damages on account of the alleged trespassing by stock upon a growing wheat crop, and also to recover the expenses of keeping such trespassing cattle. The case was twice tried before a justice of the peace, by a jury. Upon the first trial the jury failed to agree. On the second trial the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff below, and assessed his damages at the sum of fifty…