Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. Woosley

This was an action by appellee, against appellant, for entering upon eighty acres of his land, cutting down and carrying away trees and saplings thereon growing, digging up the soil, and erecting an embankment thereon for a road way, and changing and obstructing water courses so as to flood the land, etc.; and, also, for negligently killing a cow and a yearling-calf, the property of appellee.

It is insisted there should have been no recovery on account of injuries to the land, because the proof fails to show either title or an actual possession by appellee.

Appellee, on his examination as a…