C.W. LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY v. FLETCHER

No. 5-559.

274 S.W.2d 472 (1955)

C. W. LEWIS LUMBER COMPANY, Appellant, v. Virgil T. FLETCHER et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Briner, Benton, for appellant.

Ben M. McCray, Benton, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an action by the appellant lumber company to recover for the wrongful cutting of timber worth $987.44. It is undisputed that the defendant partnership cut timber on land owned by the plaintiff, but the trespass was not the result of bad faith. Instead, the defendants were misled by the fact that the plaintiff had made an error in blazing and painting trees along its southern boundary line. By its verdict for the defendants the jury...

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