Miller v. Pannell


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Docket Number: 2000-CA-01701-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 02-14-2002
Opinion Author: DIAZ,
Holding: AFFIRMED
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: McRAE AND SMITH, P.JJ., WALLER, EASLEY, CARLSON AND GRAVES, JJ.,
Non Participating Judge(s): PITTMAN, C.J.,
Concurs in Result Only: COBB, J.,
Procedural History: Bench Trial
Nature of the Case: CIVIL - REAL PROPERTY
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 09-18-2000
Appealed from: UNION COUNTY CHANCERY COURT
Judge: Glenn Alderson
Disposition: the chancellor found defendants responsible for cutting 2.7 acres of timber on the Pannells' land. The timber was valued at $749.33. The chancellor also found that the defendants' negligence was so gross, indifferent and lacking in good faith that it rose to the level of willfulness. As such, the chancellor awarded $14,908.63 in damages under the authority of Miss. Code Ann. ยง 95-5-10(2)(1994).
  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: JOHN T. MILLER, ROBERT B. FRYAR SAWMILL AND LUMBER CO., INC. AND TOMMY BIFFLE d/b/a PONTOTOC WOODYARD




 B. SEAN AKINS JOE M. DAVIS



  
Appellee: ROY E. PANNELL AND WIFE, NANCY A. PANNELL BENJAMIN F. CREEKMORE  


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