Legal Opinion
Holland v. Sweeney
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 14, 2012No. 1110035PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Justice.
Carson Sweeney petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Geneva Circuit Court to vacate its order of May 26, 2011, insofar as the order granted Timmy Joe Holland’s motion to strike Sweeney’s demand for a trial by jury in Holland’s trespass action against him. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
I. Facts and Procedural History
On November 24, 2010, Holland sued Sweeney, alleging that Sweeney had entered Holland’s property and damaged it by, among other things, “removing] trees, timber and other foliage, [and] soil”; “redirecting] water flow”; and…
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