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SULLIVAN v. WALLACE

No. 2010-C-0388.

51 So.3d 702 (2010)

Janice SULLIVAN v. Priscilla WALLACE, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Hill, LLC, John Craig Jones , Oakdale, for Applicant.

McMichael, Medlin, D'Anna, Wedgeworth & LaFargue, James C. McMichael, Jr. , Shreveport, for Respondent.

GUIDRY, Justice.*

We granted the plaintiff's writ application to resolve a split in the circuits. The legal issue presented is whether a co-owner of timberland can be liable to his fellow co-owners for treble damages under La. Rev.Stat. 3:4278.1 when he cuts and sells the timber without the co-owners' consent. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude the punitive "timber trespass" statute is inapplicable against co-owners. Accordingly...

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