Bryant v. Perry

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The heirs at law of Milton Perry brought this action against Robert Bryant to recover damages for trespass to a tract of land in McCreary county. The plaintiffs alleged in their petition that they were the owners and in possession of a certain tract of land, which was described, and that Robert Bryant entered thereon and cut down and carried away 75,000 feet of merchantable timber. They sought to recover $975, the market value of the timber, $50, damage done to the growing timber, and $25, damage done to the land. Bryant filed an answer, the first…