Barnett v. Bauer Cooperage Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Hobson

Affirming.

Henry Barnett brought this suit against the Baner Cooperage Company to recover $1,000 in damages for timber which the defendant had cut on a tract of land which he alleged he owned and had in possession. The defendant by its answer alleged these facts: The tract described in the petition was a part of a larger tract which Ered Waters on March 31,1900, sold and conveyed to E. S. Crofford. Crofford executed a note for the purchase money, $103,000. Crofford failed to pay the note, and an action was brought against him in the circuit court of…