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RISTINE v. GEIGY AGR. CHEM., DIV. OF GEIGY CHEM. CORP.

No. 38264.

198 N.W.2d 199 (1972)

188 Neb. 550

Burton RISTINE, Appellee, v. GEIGY AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, DIVISION OF GEIGY CHEMICAL CORPORATION, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart & Stewart, Lexington, Yegge, Hall, Treece & Evans, Raymond J. Connell, Denver, Colo., for appellants.

Beatty, Morgan & Vyhnalek, North Platte, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN and CLINTON, JJ., and WARREN, District Judge.

BOSLAUGH, Justice.

This is an action for damages for the loss of a corn crop. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,545. The defendants appeal.

The plaintiff farms near Gothenburg, Nebraska. The defendants manufacture and sell Atrazine, a chemical used for weed control. In 1965, the plaintiff applied Atrazine to part of a 60-acre field of corn. The plaintiff claimed the Atrazine destroyed the corn.

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