In 2022, loggers working for neighbours crossed onto a Mississippi couple's land and cut 1,299 trees; their handwritten tally helped secure a $41,920 award later upheld on appeal
- Representative Image (AI-generated)A logging job that was supposed to take place on neighbouring property ended with 1,299 trees cut from a Mississippi couple’s land, turning a boundary mistake into a legal dispute over more than $40,000.
- According to the Court of Appeals of Mississippi’s October 7, 2025 decision in Payne Logging LLC v.
- Gerald Smith and Rhonda Smith, the couple documented the damage with photographs and handwritten notes recording the number and diameter of trees they found cut.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)A logging job that was supposed to take place on neighbouring property ended with 1,299 trees cut from a Mississippi couple’s land, turning a boundary mistake into a legal dispute over more than $40,000.
- According to the Court of Appeals of Mississippi’s October 7, 2025 decision in Payne Logging LLC v.
- Gerald Smith and Rhonda Smith, the couple documented the damage with photographs and handwritten notes recording the number and diameter of trees they found cut.
Sources: Times of India