Adams v. West Lumber Co.

This is an action to recover the title and possession of 320 acres of land situated in Trinity county known as the J. E. Adams survey, and damages for the value of timber cut and removed therefrom. The suit was instituted by A. J. Adams, a son of the original grantee, joined by the minor children of one of his deceased sisters, who sue by their father, as next friend. All of the plaintiffs in the suit are claiming by inheritance from J. E. Adams. A. J. Adams also claims in part under a conveyance from his mother executed in 1909.

The testimony shows that in 1849 John E. Adams and his first…