Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp. v. E. P. Burton Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Berkeley, May, 1910. Action by Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation against E. P. Burton Lumber Company.
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Before Wilson, J., Berkeley, May, 1910. Action by Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation against E. P. Burton Lumber Company. Plaintiff appeals. cite: Temporary injunction could not have been set aside: 75 S. C. 220; 77 S. C. 81. Destruction of timber is regarded irreparable injury: 75 S. C, 220; 77 S. C. 81. Court is not warranted in permitting defendant to buy timber of plaintiff by its bond: 85 S. C. 10; 81 S. C. 561. cite: Case presents a merely speculative question: 35 S. C. 602; 17 Wall. 607. Court should not enjoin removal of timber already cut: 1 High, on Inj. 438-9. Court cannot enjoin…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydricic.
Plaintiff brought this action for damages and injunction, alleging that it is the owner in fee of the land described in the complaint, and that defendant had trespassed thereon, and had threatened to continue trespassing thereon, by cutting and removing the timber therefrom. Upon the verified complaint, Judge WiLon granted an order restraining- defendant from cutting or removing timber from the land in dispute, or from entering thereon. Plaintiff was required to give an injunction bond, as provided by statute, in the sum of…
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