Holt & Johnson v. Hayes

This was an action brought for the conversion of timber, on the folloAving facts: Will Lashlee and Henry Brown went upon the land of the complainants' as pure trespassers, without any bona fide claim of right, and cut and hauled timber therefrom, and sold it to the defendant.

Before defendant had any notice of the trespass of the said Lashlee and Brown, he purchased from them 43% *44cords of wood, of the value of one dollar per cord standing in the tree, or $43.50 for the whole.

Complainants then notified the defendant that Lash-lee and Brown were trespassing upon their lands in cutting and…