Creel v. Crim

Forest R. Crim sued Tisia Baker Lovelady and Glenn Creel, individually and doing business as Creel Tree Service, alleging that in August 1997 the defendants had trespassed upon his property and had cut and carried away trees from the property. Creel filed a cross-claim against Lovelady for indemnification for any damages that he might have to pay as a result of Crim's claim against him; Creel claimed that Lovelady had directed him to cut timber on her property but that she had instructed him to cut trees that were not on her property. After conducting an ore tenus proceeding, during which it…