Bernard v. BD. OF SUPV. JACKSON CTY.

*390Holmes, J.

The Board of Supervisors of Jackson County, joined by Township Trustees, all of whom are the appellees here, brought this suit in the Chancery Court of Jackson County seeking to enjoin the appellants from cutting, removing, and selling for profit the merchantable timber on approximately forty-nine acres of land in Section 16, Township 6 South, Range 7 West, Jackson County, on which appellants owned an unexpired 99-year lease.

It was alleged in the original bill that appellants were the owners of the lease for the unexpired term and had *391announced their purpose and intention to cut,…