Moore v. Boutwell

BROOM, Justice:

Wrongful cutting and removal of timber by appellants, Walter Heard, Albert Heard, Janie Kelly Roberts, and J. H. Moore, from appellee’s land in Jasper County -ftras averred in the bill of complaint of Boutwell, appellee. This appeal is from an adverse decree entered against appellants by the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Jasper County. The decree awarded appellee a judgment against all four appellants for $4,025.70 in damages for the value of the trees cut from his property, plus an additional $35,970 statutory penalty as against all appellants except Moore.…