Williamson & Brown Land & Lumber Co. v. Mullins Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Florence; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Action at law by the Williamson & Brown Land & Lumber Company against the Mullins Lumber Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The only question before us is whether' the District Judge was in error in granting an involuntary nonsuit at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was the owner and entitled to possession of the land in dispute, and that in 1913 “the defendant, well knowing that the plaintiff had acquired the ownership of the property in question and was entitled to the possession thereof, willfully and wantonly entered upon the tract of land and cut and removed the timber from 391 acres thereof,” to the damage of the plaintiff $15,000. The…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brobst v. BrockSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Beaufort Land & Investment Co. v. New River Lumber Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
- Young v. McNeillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Bryan v. BrasiusSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Metz v. MetzSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
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- Battle v. DevaneSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1927