Wright v. Reuss

RATLIFF, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT .OF THE CASE

Marion R. Wright (Wright) appeals from the judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court after trial by jury which awarded Fred Reuss (Reuss) sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) for timber cut by Wright and one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) for damage to. Reuss’s land. We affirm.

FACTS

Wright, an unregistered timber buyer, entered into an agreement in the winter of 1978 with Michael and Rita Schwab (Schwabs) to harvest timber on the Schwabs’ real estate. Mr. Schwab orally informed Wright of the boundary of their (Schwabs’) property.…