Oglesby v. Town of Winnfield

The agents and employees of the Town of Winnfield, Louisiana, ostensibly to provide clearance for a line of new electric wires, cut from a large, graceful pin oak tree growing in the southwest corner of plaintiff's property in said town, twenty-seven limbs, beginning with those nearest the ground. The tree, from this damage, was converted from a thing of beauty into an ugly, unsightly object. At the time the trespass occurred, plaintiff and members of his family were absent from home. He was notified that the cutting was being done, and hurried from his office to the scene, arriving before…