Schlater v. Gay

The plaintiffs sue the defendants for the value of one hundred and ninety-five cypress trees, alleged to have been felled by them on lands belonging to plaintiffs, and a part of the timber so cut down, removed, and converted to the defendants’ use, the remainder being left on the ground to decay and become useless. The plaintiffs aver their damages to bo eleven hundred and fifty dollars, the value of the one hundred and ninety-five trees, and the further sum of three hundred and fifty dollars as general damages to the plantation from the destruction of so large an amount of valuable timber…