Poland v. Osborne Lumber Co.

This was a processioning case. The adjacent tracts of land between which the line was in dispute may be referred to as “the Searles tract,” lying west of the line, and “the BusseyBurch tract,” lying east of the line. The owners of the Searles tract were the heirs of John Searles, deceased. The owner of the Bussey-Burch tract was the Twin City Power Company. M. G. and J. J. Dorn had purchased the timber upon the Searles tract, and the Osborne-Lumber Company had purchased the timber upon the Bussey-Burch tract. The Osborne Lumber Company claimed that the Dorns were trespassing across the…