Shepherd v. Sorrells

LESLIE, Chief Justice.

F. O. Sorrells filed this suit in the Justice Court agaiñst J. C. Shepherd. From a trial and judgment in the Justice and County Courts, to which it was appealed, the cause comes to this court. The plaintiff sought damages by reason of the defendant’s cattle having eaten his grass on a quarter section of land. He alleged that the defendant turned his stock in on the grass and that the trespass resulted in damages to him in the sum of $200. The defendant entered a general denial and a trial before the court and jury resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff.

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