Amy v. Wallace-Robinson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district, court for St. Louis county to recover $7,600 for timber cut and removed from plaintiffs land. The case was tried before Eesler, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendants’ motions for directed verdicts in .their favor, and a jury which returned a verdict for $1,020.64. Defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied. Prom the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff damages for timber trespass. The only ground assigned for reversal of judgment is that the court erred in denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and that depends upon whether the evidence reasonably justifies a verdict for plaintiff or requires one in defendants’ favor.
Plaintiff owned two forties of land a few miles south of Buhl upon which, it is claimed, the defendants, in the winter of 1914 and 1915, *428entered, cut and removed the merchantable timber. She had been such owner since previous to 1910, subject to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hess v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Berghuis v. SchultzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Baxter v. Covenant Mutual Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Gorgenson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
- Parker v. FrybergerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Kingsley v. AldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
- Drake v. ConnollySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931