OVERBOE v. SJOLIN

Civ. No. 10815.

366 N.W.2d 786 (1985)

David A. OVERBOE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Gerald SJOLIN, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

April 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Overboe, West Fargo, for plaintiff and appellant.

Gunhus, Grinnell, Klinger, Swenson & Guy, Moorhead, Minn., for defendant and appellee; argued by Edward F. Klinger, Moorhead, Minn.


MESCHKE, Justice.

David A. Overboe appeals from a judgment which awarded him only $500 in damages against Gerald Sjolin for the negligent burning of part of the corn stover on a field farmed by Overboe. Overboe contends that the findings of the trial court on damages were clearly erroneous. We affirm.

After a late harvest of the quarter of land in Richland County in 1982, the corn stover, or stubble, was left uncultivated. On May 3, 1983, a fire started by...

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