Dierks Lumber & Coal Co. v. Horne

In an action by appellant, Dierks Lumber & Coal Company, against E. H. Horne, appellee, for an accounting for the wrongful and willful cutting of timber from its lands, and converting this timber into light poles, the ■ chancellor found that Horne had so converted 426 poles. The court found the value of these poles to be Twenty-four Hundred Seventy ($2,470) Dollars and gave appellant judgment for this amount, less the sum of Thirty-six ($36) Dollars found to be due on Horne’s cross-complaint for damage by employees of Dierks to certain poles owned by Horne.

Upon filing the action Dierks sought…