Hall v. W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.

Plaintiff in error, plaintiff in the lower court, instituted this action to recover the value of standing timber cut and removed from his premises, and incidental damages to the land in so doing. The trial court, on motion of defendant, the W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., struck the evidence and entered judgment for it.

While plaintiff assigns four errors to the ruling of the trial court, the decision in the case turns on the construction of a deed dated August 22, 1921, by which plaintiff conveyed certain standing timber on the land described therein to defendant. This deed contains the usual…