Woodard v. Marshall

BROCK, Judge.

In undertaking to prove title to the premises from which the timber was alleged to have been unlawfully cut, plaintiff testified that he received a deed from his father for the premises in 1935. This deed to plaintiff was recorded on 5 November 1935. Plaintiff also offered the testimony of a surveyor which tended to show that the timber in controversy was cut from land embraced within the description contained in plaintiff’s deed.

The remainder of plaintiff’s evidence was directed to the questions of who was responsible for cutting the timber and the amount and value of the timber…