Shamlin v. Quadrangle Enterprises, Inc.

Larry D. Vaught, Judge.

This appeal involves the wrongful cutting of timber from land owned by appellee Quadrangle Enterprises, Inc. (Quadrangle). Quadrangle sued appellants Ron ShamHn, Sr., Ron Shamlin, Jr., and Arkansas Timber & Logging (ATL), the company owned by Shamlin Sr., as well as Kenneth Harper and his company, Real Estate Development, Inc. (REDI), under Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-102 (Repl. 2003). The jury awarded Quadrangle $11,500 for the value of its timber, trebled under the statute to $34,500. The Shamlins and Harper were made jointly and severally Hable for this award. The jury…