Louisiana Pacific Corp. v. Smith

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass and conversion lawsuit. Plaintiffs Duane Smith and wife, Jane Smith (hereafter called appellees) brought suit against defendant Louisiana Pacific Corporation (hereafter called appellant) seeking actual and exemplary damages in the amount of $24,892.00 allegedly suffered by appellees as a result of appellant’s wrongful trespass onto appellees’ land and subsequent destruction and conversion of timber and pulpwood growing thereon. Appellant answered stating that it did not willfully or intentionally enter appellees’ property without authority nor…