Mylius v. Raine-Andrew Lumber Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Randolph County. Action by Charles E. Mylius against the Raine-Andrew Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POPPENBARGER, JüDGE:
Charles E. Mylius recovered a judgment against The Raine-Andrew Lumber Company, a corporation, for $8,000.00, in an action of trespass quare clausum fregii, in the circuit court of Randolph county, which has been brought here for review on a writ of error.
The declaration charges the cutting and carrying away of a large amount of timber and the defense is want of title in the plaintiff to the land on which the timber grew. The question for determination, therefore, is as completely one of title as if this were an action of ejectment. A large tract of land, 19,000 acres, was…
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