Berry v. Gross

Gross and Shields instituted an action in the chancery court of Woodruff County to recover of Berry et al. damages for the value of timber on 4,300 acres of land in Woodruff County, Arkansas, which they alleged was due them by the defendants. Berry et al. instituted an action against the Standard Shingle Company et al. to enjoin it from cutting and removing cypress timber from these lands. Berry claimed title to the timber under mesne conveyances from Gross and Shields. He alleged that Gross and Shields had released their vendor’s lien on the standing timber and that the Standard Shingle…