Kinder v. Ramey

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Stites

Affirming.

The appellee, Alex Ramey, brought this action for the purpose of establishing his title to a tract of approximately 162 acres of land in Pike county and to recover damages in the sum of $100 from the appellant George Kinder, as a result of the latter’s wrongful cutting of timber on appellee’s property. Appellee traced his title through various mesne conveyances to a patent issued by the commonwealth to one Thomas Hackney, in 1846, covering 1,100 acres. The appellant answered the petition denying its allegations generally, and, by a second…