McRae v. Stillwell, Millen & Co.

Stillwell, Millen & Company brought suit against McRae and others, alleging in their petition that the defendants had damaged them by cutting large quantities of pine timber, the property of the plaintiffs, which was growing on a described lot of land’ and that the defendants were still cutting such timber. The prayer of the petition was, that the defendants be enjoined from cutting the timber and from removing or otherwise interfering with that which had already been cut. The defendant McRae appeared and answered the petition, and assumed responsibility for the acts of the other defendants ;…