Union Bag & Paper Corp. v. Mitchell

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

A. S. Mitchell and his wife sued Union Bag and Paper Corporation in the federal district court expressly “in trover” to recover damages in the sum of $100,000 for the conversion of timber itemized as:(1) 129,791 board feet from 1,332 long leaf and slash pine trees with two or more turpentine faces suitable for sawmill purposes ;(2) 614,714 board feet from 12,020 short leaf and black pine trees; suitable for sawmill purposes;(3) 200,400 board feet from 6,680 short leaf and black pine trees too small for sawmill purposes but suitable for other lumbering purposes;…