St. Regis Paper Co. v. Kerlin

This appeal arose out of a trespass and conversion action brought by plaintiff Robert Kerlin against St. Regis Paper Company for the wrongful cutting of timber on plaintiff's property.

This action arose out of a previous action to quiet title on a five-acre tract of property. Kerlin, a Pennsylvania resident, is the record title holder of the five acres of land. Title to the land has been in Kerlin's family since 1918, and he and his successors have paid taxes on the property since that time. The five-acre tract is surrounded by property owned by Tensaw Land and Timber Company since 1951. In…