Mower v. Olsen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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1. “"It will be seen from the foregoing cases, all cited in the defendants’ brief, that this court construes the statute to mean, and now stands committed to the doctrine, that where a party knowingly, deliberately and intentionally drives or permits his animals to go upon the lands of another, against his will and regardless of his protests, for the purpose of deriving the benefit of his pasturage, it becomes such a trespass as the law will require him to answer for in damages.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Winters v. Turner