SOUTHWICK, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. A bank brought suit for damages resulting from the cutting of timber on land in which it held a deed of trust. The defendant was granted summary judgment because a deed of trust was found not to provide a security interest in timber. We disagree. Therefore we reverse and remand.
FACTS
¶ 2. Louis Owen Ducote owned approximately fifty-one acres of land in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. In 1995, Ducote borrowed...
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