Federal Land Bank v. Mississippi Power & Light Co.

Appellant had a first mortgage on the lands in question, and the Brookhaven Bank &; Trust Company, one of the appellees, had a second mortgagee. Without the consent of the owner of the land, that is to say, the mort gagor, -and without the consent of either of the mortgagees, the appellee power and light company entered upon the land and constructed across it a power line and in doing so cut and destroyed timber to the value of not less than six hundred dollars. The owner instituted an action at law against the said power company f'or the trespass aforesaid which was settled with the owner at…