Pennell v. Lester Brookshire

This action involves title to land situate in Caldwell County. Neither plaintiff nor defendants claim title under a grant from the State, nor do they claim from a common source. Both rely upon deeds offered in evidence, as color of title, and upon adverse possession thereunder for the time required by statute, to vest title, according to their respective contentions.

The jury found that plaintiff is the owner of the land described in the complaint, and that defendants have wrongfully trespassed thereon by cutting timber growing on said land. The damages which plaintiff is entitled to recover…