CASE v. HUNT

No. 4-9296.

234 S.W.2d 197 (1950)

CASE v. HUNT et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben B. Williamson, Mountain View, for appellant.

J. L. Bittle, Heber Springs, for appellees.


LEFLAR, Justice.

Appellant Case brought this action for treble damages under Ark.Stats. § 50-105 on account of the cutting by defendants of 856 pine trees from Case's land. Defendants admitted that they cut the trees, but denied that the circumstances of the cutting justified an award against them of thrice the value of the timber cut. The jury returned a verdict against defendants for single damages only, and plaintiff Case appeals.

The testimony differed...

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