Graham v. Clarks Fork National Bank

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court which set aside a jury award as excessive and granted a new trial limited to the issue of damages arising from the wrongful conversion of cows belonging to the appellant, Dean Graham.

In the spring of 1978, Graham was the owner of 19 registered angus cows which he planned to breed by artificial insemination. They were pastured with cows belonging to one Marvin Heyd. Graham, a full-time employee of a telephone company, and Heyd, an experienced rancher and breeding specialist, had earlier agreed that Heyd would manage the care and artificial…