St. Clair v. Lawrence

In the original bill in this case filed by F. D. St. Clair against I. D. Lawrence, the complainant alleged that he is the owner and ‘ ‘ in the actual and exclusive possession” of a tract of land in Sequachee County, Tennessee, containing 79 acres and that the defendant is unlawfully trespassing upon his land and cutting and removing the growing timber therefrom. The bill prays that this conduct of the defendant be enjoined and that complainant be “decreed the exclusive possession of said land. ’ ’ The answer of the defendant denies that the complainant is the owner of the land or has any just…