Norfolk and Western Railway Company v. Anderson

Walter H. Anderson and Walter H. Anderson, Jr., plaintiffs, brought this action against Norfolk and Western Railway Company, defendant, to recover damages for injury to their 1962 crop of tomatoes and other vegetables which they alleged was caused by the negligence of the defendant in spraying its right of way. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $9,000, on which the court entered judgment, and we granted a writ of error.

The defendant contends that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence and without evidence to support it; that opinion evidence was…