Auger Timber Co. v. Jiles

L. GRIFFEN, Judge.

In this case, a Union County jury held appellant hable for the wrongful cutting of appellee’s timber and awarded appellee $27,929 in damages. That amount was trebled by the circuit judge for a total award of $83,787. Appellant seeks a new trial on the grounds that the verdict is excessive and that the trial judge committed error in certain evidentiary rulings and damage instructions. We find no error and affirm.

Appellee is the owner of approximately twenty-one acres of timber land in Union County. Directly to the east lies a forty-two-acre tract owned by Robert Charles. In…