Southern Pine Lumber Co. v. Nemer

This suit was brought by Saha Nemer and A. Sawyer against the Southern Pine Lumber Company to recover judgment for the following named several sums; $578 for the value of merchantable timber cut from lands owned by plaintiffs; $500 for the value of young timber cut from said lands; and $500 for alleged damages to said land by reason of defendant’s trespass upon the same.

Defendant answered by a general demurrer, special exceptions, a general denial, and by a plea of contributory negligence on the part of plaintiffs in that they failed to remove the timber cut by defendant and sell the same.

The…