GRISHAM v. HINTON

No. 56042.

490 So.2d 1201 (1986)

Edward W. GRISHAM and Leslie J. Johnson v. Ada Bell HINTON, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Deakle, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Rex K. Jones, John M. Dunnam, Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellees.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.


HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Edward W. Grisham and Leslie J. Johnson have appealed from a decree of the chancery court of Perry County awarding Louin C. Foxworth and J.K. Hinton damages for having to defend Grisham's and Johnson's suit for trespass against them. Mrs. Ada Bell Hinton has appealed from the same decree awarding Grisham and Johnson actual and statutory damages for the wrongful cutting of trees.

We affirm Mrs. Hinton's appeal, finding a factual...

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