Gabel v. Revels

Beasley, Judge.

Revels sued Gabel in magistrate court, seeking- damages for defendant’s having wilfully trespassed onto their property and cut down trees. Defendant responded that the trees were on his property and counterclaimed for the cost of obtaining a property survey needed to defeat plaintiffs’ claim. The magistrate court entered judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiffs’ claim and in favor of plaintiffs on defendant’s counterclaim.

Plaintiffs appealed to state court, which transferred the case to superior court as a companion to another case plaintiffs had filed against defendant…