Goodwin v. McNeill

LATIMER, Justice.

Earl Goodwin instituted this action in the Graves Circuit Court against Herman McNeill and Bettie McNeill charging wrongful entry on his land and cutting trees therefrom of the value of $1,000.

After general denial, defendants alleged that they had legal title and were in possession of the strip of land from which the trees were cut by them; and that they held same by deed going back to the common owner of both tracts. They alleged an agreement with the previous owners of plaintiff’s property and further alleged adverse possession. They alleged that plaintiff’s claim of the…