Odom v. Luehr

Holmes J.,

Appellees sued the appellant in the Circuit Court of Clarke County, seeking to recover the sum of $620 as the actual value of 1008 pine trees and 32 oak trees and the further sum of. $15,600 as the statutory penalty of $15 per tree, alleging that the appellant wilfully, knowingly, unlawfully, wantonly, and recklessly cut, or had cut at his command, said trees. On motion made in open court, the cause was transferred to the chancery court upon the ground that questions of title were involved. The pleadings were then revamped to conform to chancery practice, and accordingly the…