E. L. Bruce Co. v. Edwards

Suit was brought by appellee against appellant and two others to recover the actual value of some 389 trees alleged to have been unlawfully cut and removed from property belonging to plaintiff. This value was placed at $164, and statutory damages were demanded, under Code 1930, Section 3411, in the additional sum of $5,835, making a total of $5,999. From a judgment in such sum only the lumber company appeals.

Plaintiff’s title to the land involved was sought to be founded upon a deed describing the property as “West half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 11, Range 2 West, less a…