79 Fla. 846 | Fla. | 1920
In an action of trespass and trover there was a verdict for plaintiffs and defendants took writ of error.
The declaration contains three counts. In the first count it is alleged that the defendants did, in the years 1917 and 1918, unlawfully enter upon certain described lands of plaintiffs and did cut up sai’d lands, make and use roads thereon for hauling heavy loads, and cut, box and' scrape the standing timber on the same and remove therefrom large quantities of crude gum to the permanent injury of said property. The second .count is for the conversion of a number of barrels of crude turpentine, gum and scrape of the property of the plaintiffs. The third count alleges a wilful trespass by defendants upon the lands described, with the conversion of large quantities of spirits of turpentine and rosin of the property of the plaintiffs.
There were pleas of (1) not guilty and (2) denying plaintiffs’ ownership or possession of the lands described in the declaration at the time of the alleged trespass.
The brief of counsel for defendants in this court contains the following statement: “When the case was submitted to the jury, it remained only for the jury to determine (1) The amount of damage properly recoverable; and (2) Whether the defendant J. G. Stock-still, individually, or the defendants, Stockstill & Shaw, as co-partners, were liable.” It is admitted in the brief that the evidence “is sufficient to sustain the amount of damages found against Stockstill, so far as he individually
It follows therefore that the judgment must be affirmed.