Johnson v. Tyler

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• affirming grant of new trial because plaintiff improperly recovered both treble damages under Iowa timber trespass statute and punitive damages
• common-law action for trespass and punitive damages would be alternative to action brought by property owners under section 658.4, paying treble damages
• both punitive and statutory treble damages may not be recovered under Iowa statute prohibiting unlawful cutting of timber since to do so would constitute double recovery

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