Sansing v. Thomas

Holmes, C.

The appellee brought this suit against the appellant in the Circuit Court of Franklin County, seeking to recover the sum of $1600.00 as the actual value of 409 trees alleged to have been wrongfully cut and removed by the appellant, his servants, agents, or employees, from appel-lee’s land, and the further sum of $6135.00 as the claimed statutory penalty for such alleged wrongful cutting and removal. On the original trial of the case, the jury returned a verdict for appellee, finding that 230 trees had been wrongfully cut and removed from appellee’s land and awarding her $300.00 as…