W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. v. Edwards

This is an action at law brought by the plaintiff, Earsel C. Edwards, against the defendants, The W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, to recover damages by reason of an alleged trespass by the defendant upon real estate claimed by the plaintiff. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500, and thereupon the defendant obtained this writ of error. The primary and determinative question in the case is the ownership of the land in controversy.

The plaintiff is the grandson of one Tivis Colley and Elvina Colley and the son of Iowa Edwards and B. H. Edwards.

*187On April 9, 1895, one…