Leopold v. Bradford-Hutchinson Lumber Co.

I do not subscribe to the proposition that one whose timber has been felled and removed from the land by another is entitled to more damages if the party who took the timber was in bad faith than if he acted in good . faith. In' that respect the prevailing opinion . rendered in this case cannot be' reconciled with the doctrine, which is well established by the following decisions, that punitive damages cannot be allowed in a civil action, viz.: Serio v. American Brewing Co., 141 La. 291, 74 So. 998, L. R. A. 1917E, 516; Vincent v. Morgan’s La. & T. R. & S. S. Co., 140 La. 1027, 74 So. 541;…