Slush v. Foxworth

The appellee, E. "W. Foxworth, filed a bill in the chancery court of Marion county against Matthew Slush and others, alleging that the defendants wrongfully cut and removed from the lands of the appellee certain hardwood timber; and he also filed a bill against Matthew Slush and other and different codefendants, alleging that they wrongfully cut and removed from the same lands certain pine timber belonging to the appellee. These suits were consolidated and tried as one.

The bills of complaint alleged that the appellee acquired title to the land in question by inheritance from the estate of his…