Wilson Cypress Co. v. Logan

Frank H. Logan sued Wilson Cypress Company and C. W. Newman in an action for the wrongful conversion of cypress logs cut and removed from the plaintiff’s land in Lake County, Florida. It was alleged that the value of the property was fifteen hundred dollars. The declaration was filed in October, 1931.

In June, 1932, the court by order allowed the plaintiff to amend his praecipe for summons and declaration by alleging the sum of $3,500.00 as the value of the logs on the basis of $25.00 per thousand feet board measure instead of .$10.00 per thousand feet. Pleas of not guilty were separately…