W. D. Reeves Lumber Co. v. Leavenworth
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error and Cross-Error to the District Court of the United States lor the Northern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. Action by George Leavenworth, as executor of the estate of J. H. Leavenworth, deceased, against the W. D. Reeves Lumber Company and another, begun in state court, and removed to the federal court. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant named brings error, while plaintiff assigns cross-error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by attachment in a court of the state of Mississippi against the W. D. Reeves Lumber Company and the estate oí W. D. Reeves, deceased, and was removed to the United States District Court by the W. D. Reeves Lumber Company. The declaration contained two counts. The first count alleged the wrongful cutting and removal by the defendant of trees of specified values on land -belonging to the plaintiff, and sought to recover the amount of such values. The second count was for the recovery of the penalty prescribed by a Mississippi statute for the wrongful…
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