Kirby Lumber Co. v. Stewart

This suit was brought by W. T. Stewart against J. R. Chapman, D. G. Mann, and the Kirby Lumber Company to recover damages for timber alleged to have been cut from a tract of 24% acres of land in Tyler county, claimed by plaintiff, and for injury and damage to the land itself alleged to have been caused by hauling, and dragging logs over the same; the damages claimed aggregating $2,544.90. The defendants each pleaded a general denial, and the Kirby Lumber Company brought in by cross-action its remote warrantors who, prior to trial, were dismissed from the case. A trial resulted in a verdict…