Patterson v. Duke Power Co.

Moss, Chief Justice.

William Loyd Patterson, Loyd’s, Inc., and Lena C. Patterson, the respondents herein, brought separate actions against Duke Power Company and James S. Johnson, the appellants herein, alleging that they had trespassed upon the lands of the respondents and had cut thereon valuable timber located a considerable distance from an electrical transmission line which Duke maintained across said lands. Each of the respondents demanded damages for the trespasses so committed and for an injunction to prevent such in the future.

The appellants, by answer, admitted entering upon the…