Crowe v. Houseworth

At the time this litigation commenced, the appellant, Ellis Crowe, together with his four brothers and six sisters, owned a 314-acre farm in Garrett County, holding title to the property as joint tenants. In December, 1965, the appellant’s father, Edward L. Crowe, Sr., who had no interest in the farm and was not living there, sold for $7,225.49 certain marked standing timber on the farm to the appellee, Houseworth.

In January, 1966, after Houseworth had entered the property and had cut and removed some of the timber, Ellis Crowe instituted an action in trespass against him in the Circuit Court…