Bowerman & Co. v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 74. — ACTION BY V. BOWERMAN & CO. AGAINST MITCHELL TAYLOR FOR CUTTING AND CONVERTING TIMBER. Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. M. L. Jarvis, Circuit Judge.
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CASE 74. — ACTION BY V. BOWERMAN & CO. AGAINST MITCHELL TAYLOR FOR CUTTING AND CONVERTING TIMBER. Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. M. L. Jarvis, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals 1. Did the trees referred to in the petition, by their sale and conveyance by Shelby, Coffey and others to D. Hungerford by deed of October 12, 1899, remain realty, or were they by said sale and conveyance converted into realty? 2. Whether said trees were realty or personalty under said sale, was the defendant entitled to be protected in the tille claimed by him by reason of his purchase from…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Lassing
Affirming.
Appellants sued appellee for cutting and converting to his own use 3,000 white oak trees of which they claim to he the owners. Issue was. joined upon the question of ownership, and the case submitted to the court upon an agreed state of facts, whereupon the court found that appellee was the owner of the timber in litigation, and dismissed appellants’ suit. Believing that he erred in so doing, appellants prosecute this appeal.
The facts are as follows: On the, 12th day of October, 1899, Shelby Coffee and others by deed conveyed to D. Hungerford all…
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