Legal Opinion
Donaldson v. Fuqua
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 25, 1936No. 4 Div. 894PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
The complaint contained a count claiming the statutory (Code 1923, § 10371) penalty of $10 per tree for willfully and knowingly, without the consent of the owner, removing 56 poplar trees from the lands of the plaintiff. Other counts were for the conversion of the logs, etc.
Plaintiff got a verdict for $70. Defendant moved to set it aside, and for a new trial. The appeal is from the judgment overruling such motion.
The appeal is rested upon the authority of Holcombe & Bowden et al. v. Reynolds, 200 Ala. 190, 75 So. 938, and similar cases to the effect that a verdict which…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Holcombe Bowden v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- British Empire Ins. v. HasenmayerOregon Supreme Court · 1919
- Brown v. ByersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1924
3Cited by4 opinions
- Grandquest v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Donavan v. FandrichSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
- Vester J. Thompson, Jr., Inc. v. SheltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Estate of Henderson v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001