PATTERSON v. SAUNDERS


74 S.E.2d 204 (1953)

194 Va. 607

PATTERSON v. SAUNDERS et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Dervishian and Joseph F. Spinella, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

E. Sclater Montague, Hampton, Charles S. Smith, Jr., Saluda and George M. Brady, Baltimore, Md., for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH, and WHITTLE, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Charles C. Patterson filed his motion for judgment against Lillie M. Saunders, J. B. Gray, O. M. King, and Canton Lumber Company, Inc., seeking to recover $50,000 damages for wrongfully cutting and removing timber from a sixty-acre tract of land, situated in Elizabeth City county, alleged to be owned by him. Defendants filed separate pleas of res judicata, in which it was alleged that the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City county, in a...

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