York v. Haire

The appellant, Dr. D. C. York, plaintiff below, filed suit in tbe Circuit Court of Calhoun County against Johnny Haire, Rex Haire and Edd Campbell, appellees, for $612.20, actual value of 336 pine trees wrongfully cut from his land, and, in addition, statutory damages were demanded against Johnny Haire and Rex Haire in the amount of $5,040, at the rate of $15 per tree. The appellees answered, denying liability and affirmatively set up that Johnny Haire was the owner of the land where the trees were cut by adverse possession, and that the trees were cut in good faith.

The record reveals that…