Walsh v. Rose

This is • an ejectment suit. The land involved lies in Fentress County, Tennessee, on the waters of Obed’s River and Piney Creek and Bill’s Creek; and it is described in the bill as being the land covered by grant No. 3329 issued by tbe State of Tennessee to Milton King on Fentress County Entry No. 488. The grant was dated March 16, 1830. There were certain exclusions set forth in the bill.

Complainants alleged they were the owners of the land; defendants had entered upon it under fraudulent claims and were “committing destructive trespass by cutting the timber from said lands”; some of the…