Legal Opinion

Capital Electric Power Ass'n v. Hinson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1956No. 39741PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGillespie, J.

ON SUGGESTION OF ERROR

The former opinion in this case is withdrawn.

Mrs. Emma Hinson, the appellee, as plaintiff below, sued Capital Electric Power Association, appellant, the defendant below. The declaration was in four counts: first, for the statutory penalty for cutting timber in clearing a power line right of way; second, for wilful and wrongful trespass on the plaintiff’s property; third, for the actual value of the timber cut; and, fourth, for causing plaintiff to be held in contempt and ridicule by her neighbors because of the defendant representing to them that plaintiff was depriving…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Warren v. DerivauxMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Hamilton v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
  3. McDonald v. Mississippi Power Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Florida Power Corporation v. HicksDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
  5. Ashcot, Inc. v. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1961

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