40 Ind. 246 | Ind. | 1872
The appellee sued the appellants for trespass on his lands, charging that the appellants threw down his fences and let In cattle which ate up the grass, and browsed on his shrubbery, and destroyed his fruit trees, etc.
The appellants answered separately by the general denial. Trial by jury and verdict for the appellee. Appellants separately moved fora new trial, for the reason that the evidence does not warrant, support, or justify the verdict. This motion was overruled, and proper exception taken; and this ruling is assigned for error. We have very carefully read and examined the evidence, and there is not a particle of it that warranted a verdict against the railway company; but there is evidence that might warrant a verdict against Reed.
In actions of trespass the doctrine of the- common law
The court below properly refused a new trial as to Reed, but improperly refused it as to the railway company, there being no evidence against it.
The judgment is affirmed as to Reed, at his costs, and reversed as to the railway company, at the costs of the appellee, with instructions to the court below to grant the railway company a new trial.