[Download] "Mamie Segraves v. Consolidated Electric" by Eastern District, Northern Division Court of Appeals of Missouri ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Mamie Segraves v. Consolidated Electric
- Author : Eastern District, Northern Division Court of Appeals of Missouri
- Release Date : January 17, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
Description
Consolidated Electric Cooperative (Consolidated) appeals from the trial court's judgment awarding Mamie Segraves treble damages for the trees it removed from her yard. We affirm. Segraves filed suit against Consolidated, her electric utility, after its linemen cut down her mulberry tree and ""topped off"" her cherry tree. At trial, she stated her electricity was off when she awoke on June 30, 1993. She left to go shopping at 9 a.m. and her electricity was still off. When she returned at 11 a.m., electrical service had been restored. However, the mulberry and cherry trees in her front yard had been cut down and one branch of her elm tree had been cut off. Segraves testified these trees had never interfered with her electrical service before. In the past, Consolidated had asked to trim the trees around her electric lines, and she had always agreed. However, Consolidated had not trimmed the trees in about six years. Segraves estimated the value of the mulberry tree at $2,000 and the value of the cherry tree at $500.