Legal Opinion
Dahlstrom Corp. v. Martin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 1, 1979No. 17309PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*161COLEMAN, Chief Justice.
This is a suit to recover damages for the wrongful excavation of dirt. Following a trial before the court, the landowners were awarded judgment against Dahlstrom Corporation for actual damages and punitive damages.
It is undisputed that employees of the Dahlstrom Corporation entered upon a tract owned by the appellees without permission and thereafter removed some 70,000 cubic yards of soil from the land. This soil was removed from the premises for use in the construction of a state highway. The Dahlstrom Corporation attacks the measure of damages on which the trial…
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- Cage Brothers v. WhitemanTexas Supreme Court · 1942
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