Lochridge v. Hannon

The appellant, O. A. Lochridge, brought this suit in the Chancery Court of Itawamba County against the appellee, J. L. Hannon, and others, seeking to recover the actual value of trees alleged to have been wrongfully cut by the appellee from lands of the appellant, and the statutory penalty therefor.

The controversy arose out of a sale of timber, eight inches and up, made by the appellant to the appellee on June 22, 1957, on certain lands of the appellant in Itawamba County. The original bill filed by the appellant also sought the reformation of an instrument of writing by which the parties…