Ballew v. Fowler

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Reversing.

In December, 1935, Porter Ballew brought an action against J. P. Fowler and H. N. Denny in which he sought to recover $200 for timber he alleged the defendants had wrongfully cut from certain lands owned by the plaintiff which were described by metes and bounds in the petition. The answer denied that the plaintiff was the owner of the land, or defendants had entered thereon, and cut plaintiff’s timber. By way of counterclaim, defendants sought to recover from Ballew $1,000 for timber they alleged he had 'wrongfully cut from lands owned by…