Bass v. Harden

The petitioner, W. A. Bass, claimed that he owned a large tract of land in Hancock County, and that the defendants, Joe Harden and others,' were assembling thereon and crossing plaintiff’s land and wiring up his private way in and to the same, and driving vehicles over same, cutting down bushes and shrubbery and burying dead bodies thereon, and also slandering his title. Insolvency of the defendants was alleged. And, further, it is claimed that the defendants seek to justify their acts under a decree of court and are acting as trustees_and officers of the African *401Methodist Episcopal Church.…