Kentucky River Timber & Coal Co. v. Morgan

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellee and plaintiff below, A. B. Morgan, filed this ordinary action in the Leslie circuit, court against the appellant and defendant below, Kentucky River Timber & Coal Company, to recover judgment against it for the damage he sustained by unlawfully trespassing upon and cutting and appropriating timber by it from a described tract of land in Leslie county which plaintiff alleged that he owned. The amount of timber so taken was stated to be 250 white oak, poplar and other timber trees, valued by plaintiff at $3.00 per tree, ór a total sum of…