14 §7551. Treble damages for waste pending action

Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL

Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS

Chapter 739: WASTE AND TRESPASS TO REAL ESTATE

Subchapter 2: TRESPASS

§7551. Treble damages for waste pending action

If, during the pendency of an action for the recovery of land, the tenant commits strip or waste by cutting, felling or destroying wood, timber, trees or poles standing thereon, he shall pay to the aggrieved party treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.