Santee River Cypress Lumber Co. v. Elliott

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

This action was commenced in the court of common pleas for Sumter county, May, 1923. The pertinent allegations on the part of the plaintiff are, in substance, as follows:

That the plaintiff is the owner and is seized and possessed of a certain tract of land in Sumter county, containing about 1,500 acres, with title and possession in itself and its predecessors for 10, 20, and 40 years, respectively; and alleges a trespass by the defendants, J. L. Elliott and R. M. Eliott, and an unlawful cutting and conversion of the timber on the…