Coaker v. Churchwell

This suit involved a controversy over the title to approximately 4.75 acres of land, and the right to recover the actual value and the statutory penalty for the alleged wrongful cutting of timber thereon.

W. H. and A. L. Coaker, brothers, filed their bill of complaint against Grabe Churchwell. They alleged that they are the owners of this small acreage by adverse possession. They undertook to deraign their title by showing that this and other land was patented by the United States to Henry Christmas and another on May 25, 1825; and through mesne conveyances, the title became vested in their…