War Fork Land Company v. Carr

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Willis

Affirming.

James Carr instituted an action against the War Fork Land Company and the Bond Foley Lumber Company, alleging that he was the owner in fee simple of a one-twentieth undivided interest in a tract of land, and seeldng recovery thereof, together with damages for timber taken therefrom. The defense was a denial that plaintiff owned any interest in the land, and an affirmative claim that defendant owned it by virtue of a certain deed of conveyance from James Carr and others to Maggie Marcum, from whom defendants derived title. The circuit court adjudged…