Gowan v. Wisconsin-Alabama Lumber Co.

Action by appellee against appellant in counts charging trespass to realty, conversion of pine and oak timber, and, under section 10371 of the present Code, for cutting trees willfully and knowingly without the consent of the owner.

Stress is laid upon appellant’s contention that plaintiff failed to offer evidence of its ownership of the trees, and, hence, that defendant (appellant) was entitled to the general affirmative charge duly requested. At numerous places in the evidence and by several witnesses the trees in controversy were spoken of as the trees of plaintiff. However, there was…