Legal Opinion
State v. Dodd
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided March 18, 1919No. 2 Div. 196PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marengo County; R. I. Jones, Judge. Warren Dodd was indicted for trespass. From an order sustaining a demurrer to the indictment, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
The defendant was indicted for a violation of the following statute:
“7828. (5607) Trespass by Gutting Timber on Lands of Another with Intent, etc. — Any person who knowingly enters upon the land of another and cuts down any wood or timber growing thereon, with intent remove and appropriate the same to his own use, shall, on conviction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than six months; and the fine in such case goes to the injured party.” Code of 1907, § '7828.
The indictment followed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
- State v. StreetSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- State ex rel. Collman v. PittsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852
- State ex rel. Vandiver v. BurkeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Department of Industrial Relations v. DrummondAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941
- Gayden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
- Troup v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Hunt v. TuckerDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1995
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