Controversial Louisiana court ruling on timber theft

February 1, 2010

Monroe, Louisiana: The Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal delivered a recent ruling that says that co-owners and heirs of land are not affected by State law that says "that anyone who takes trees from someone else's land can be made to pay triple damages and attorney's fees." The ruling says that those exempt may collect only the fair market value of any stolen timber. Elsewhere, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the opposite in a similar case.

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