COPELAND v. HOLLINGSWORTH

No. 75-358.

535 S.W.2d 815 (1976)

Clifford COPELAND and Potlatch Corporation, Appellants, v. Verner HOLLINGSWORTH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Griffin, Crossett, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellants.

Huey & Vittitow, Warren, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

This appeal results from a jury verdict against the appellants for damages to appellee's tomato crops sustained from the spraying of 2,4,5-T herbicide. Pursuant to a written contract, appellant Copeland sprayed appellant Potlatch's timberland with this herbicide.

Appellants assert that the trial court erred in giving certain instructions to the jury. Appellants first argue that neither strict liability...

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