Meiser v. Smith

This action was brought in the circuit court by the appellant, as guardian of certain minor children, against the appellees, to recover the possession of thirty-six saw-logs, alleged to be the property of said minors, of the value of three hundred dollars, which the appellees have the possession of without right, and which they unlawfully detain from the appellant, etc.

It is further alleged in the complaint that the appellees unlawfully cut said logs upon real estate, the fee simple title of which was in said minors, subject to a life-estate in the appellee Caroline Smith; that the said…