FRUSHA v. JACKSON

No. 2838.

228 So.2d 197 (1969)

H. Douglas FRUSHA et al., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Allie JACKSON, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchel M. Evans, DeRidder, for plaintiff-appellant.

William C. Pegues, III, Deridder, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for trespass. Plaintiff alleges defendant trespassed on his property and cut and removed approximately 25 trees from which he made crossties. He seeks damages of $300 for the value of the trees cut plus $400 for diminution in value of his land, a total of $700. The trial judge awarded plaintiffs only $6 in damages. Plaintiff appealed.

The facts show that defendant had agreed to cut a small amount of timber from...

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