Lamar County Electric Cooperative Ass'n v. Bryant

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Tony and Doris Bryant sued Lamar ■ County Electric Cooperative Association (REA) to recover the intrinsic value of trees cut from their land. The jury answered special issues favorable to the Bryants, and awarded $2,500.00 actual damages and $7,500.00 exemplary damages.

In twenty-seven points of error REA asserts that the trial court erred in allowing the testimony of Brenda Sharrok, a nursery owner; that the intrinsic value of the trees was an improper measure of damages; that there is no evidence to support the findings of gross negligence and exemplary damages; that…