Powell v. Jones

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

This is an action for trespass quare clausum fregit,. filed in the Todd circuit court by appellee, E. D. -Jones, against Wesley Powell and Waymond Powell, two of the heirs of their father, William Powell, seeking a recovery of $2,000, the value of timber which defendants cut or directed to be cut from the land of plaintiff, whose farm joined that of the Powells. The area from which the-timber was taken contained 6.7 acres, the title to which was claimed by plaintiff, but which defendants in their separate answers denied and they affirmatively…