BASTIAN v. KING

No. 17839.

661 P.2d 953 (1983)

George A. BASTIAN and Steven Burton, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Jack KING, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight L. King, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

E.J. Skeen, Salt Lake City, Stanley R. Smith, American Fork, for plaintiffs and respondents.


STEWART, Justice:

This is an appeal from a trespass action in which the trial court assessed damages against the defendant for injury to plaintiffs' crops and irrigation pipe caused by the trespass of defendant's cattle on plaintiffs' farm land. We affirm as to liability but remand for further findings as to the amount of damages.

In 1979 Bastian leased to Burton 280 acres of farm land in Garfield County, Utah. The...

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