Rutland v. Corley

287 So.2d 433 (1973)

Homer RUTLAND

v.

Earl D. CORLEY et ux.

No. 47344.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1973.

William D. Adams, Kenneth E. Crawford, Collins, for appellant.

W.W. Dent, Collins, for appellees.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Earl D. Corley and wife (plaintiffs) sued Homer Rutland (defendant) in the Circuit Court of Covington County, Mississippi, for the recovery of actual, statutory, and punitive damages alleged to have resulted when Rutland's agents wilfully, wantonly and maliciously ran a heavy piece of logging equipment across Corley's land, thereby destroying certain trees. The…