Cooper v. Slaughter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Action by Mrs. Mary E. Slaughter against J. M. Cooper and another in trespass and for the statutory penalty for cutting trees. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. The pleadings are sufficiently noted in the opinion.
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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Action by Mrs. Mary E. Slaughter against J. M. Cooper and another in trespass and for the statutory penalty for cutting trees. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. The pleadings are sufficiently noted in the opinion. The following are the assignments of error referred to in the opinion: (5) In overruling defendants’ objection to the following question, put to the witness Mary E. Slaughter, in the management of certain lands in this county. (6) “Did you send Mrs. Slaughter here to Mobile, * * * and to…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, J.-
— The complaint is in six counts, of which the first, third, and fifth are framed under the statute to recover the penalty for willfully and knowingly cutting five pine trees, the property of plaintiff on section 46, township 7 N., range 1 W., Washington *217county, Ala. The first count charges the cutting to the defendants; the second charges it to the defendants through their agents, servants, or employees; and the fifth charges that defendants caused one Bill King and one Lev Anderson to do the cutting. The second, fourth, and sixth counts are in common-law trespass, with the…
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