INLAND CONTAINER CORPORATION v. MARCH


529 S.W.2d 43 (1975)

INLAND CONTAINER CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Emma A. MARCH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Lee Williams, Porch, Peeler & Williams, Waverly, for petitioner.

Mark H. Collier, Waverly, for respondent.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

The sole question before the Court for determination is the correctness of a jury award of punitive damages, approved by the trial judge and upheld by the Court of Appeals.

I.

Plaintiff-respondent is the owner of a 50 acre tract of unimproved real estate located in Humphreys County. To all intents and purposes, it is surrounded by a 1900 acre tract upon which the Petitioner, Inland Container Corporation, was cutting...

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