Yarborough v. Nettles

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiff claims fifteen hundred dollars damages from the defendant, for having maliciously cut timber on his, the plaintiff’s land, and carried away the same; there was a verdict in his favor for four hundred and fifty-two dollars; he made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he has appealed from the judgment on the verdict. The defendant asks, that the judgment be amended, and either rendered entirely in his favor, or much reduced.

The jury appear to have allowed the .full value of the timber, and as their verdict is…