Crawford v. Baker

Opinion of the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Affirming.

This is a suit in equity brought in the Perry Circuit Court to quiet tif1e to 1882 branded trees standing and growing on appellants’ land, and to recover $20 damages for cutting two trees. This timber had been conveyed by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Crawford Coal Corporation (hereinafter called the Corporation) to the persons under whom appellees were logging this timber. The chancellor dismissed the petition, and this appeal followed.

On September 1, 1917, appellants leased certain lands for coal mining to James L. Getaz for a period of…