Hodges v. Stuart Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Prank Park. Decatur superior court. November 14, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
Hodges, as administrator of Alley Huguley, brought suit against the Stuart Lumber Company to recover damages for alleged trespass, which consisted in the cutting of timbers on certain described lands. There was proof submitted showing that the defendants had cut and removed timber of the alleged value. At the conclusion of the evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted.
1. Suit had. been previously brought against Sharpe & Drake *570by the plaintiff in the present case, to recover the land from which it is alleged timber had been cut and carried away. That…
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