Bradley Lumber Co. v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The Bradley Lumber Company bought certain lands situated in Bradley County, Arkansas, from C. C. Colvin in 1905, and in 1909 cut and removed the timber on said land. Oolvin obtained a deed from the State of Arkansas and sold 120 acres of it to the Bradley Lumber Company and resided upon the remaining’ forty acres.
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Appeal from Bradley Chancery Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The Bradley Lumber Company bought certain lands situated in Bradley County, Arkansas, from C. C. Colvin in 1905, and in 1909 cut and removed the timber on said land. Oolvin obtained a deed from the State of Arkansas and sold 120 acres of it to the Bradley Lumber Company and resided upon the remaining’ forty acres. In 1912 Mrs. A. A. Hamilton and others instituted a suit in the chancery court for the recovery of this land and sought to cancel the deed from the State to Colvin and from Colvin to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). In St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Ayres, 67 Ark. 371, an action for the recovery of damages for the negligent burning of young oak trees, the damages were held to be the difference in the value of the land before and after the fire which destroyed the trees. In that case the trees were young and were not ready for the market. Therefore, the destruction of the trees was a depreciation of the value of the land of which they were a part.
In the present case the timber was ready for the market and no damages were sought for any depreciation in the value of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Laycock v. ParkerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Eaton v. LangleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Central Coal & Coke Co. v. John Henry Shoe Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. AyresSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1900
- Nunn v. LynchSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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