Bruce v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Nansemond county, rendered April 13th, 1888, in a cause wherein the John L. Roper Lumber Company was complainant, and B. M. Bruce was defendant. The decree perpetually enjoined the defendant from cutting and removing certain standing timber, to which the complainant company laid claim, and he appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This is a controversy between the appellant and appellee as to the right of the former to cut timber in that part of the Dismal Swamp -which, from its proximity to Suffolk, is known as the “Suffolk side” of the Swamp.
The appeal is taken from a decree of the circuit court of Nansemond county which perpetuates the injunction previously awarded, and allows the defendant, Bruce, “to remove from the lands in the bill and proceedings mentioned all the timber which he had cut thereon prior to the 14th day of August, 1886, that being the date on which he received notice from the Dismal Swamp Land…
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