Strickland v. Miller

The plaintiff sought to recover from Strickland and the Downing Company the value of certain spirits of turpentine and rosin. A general demurrer to the, petition was overruled, and Strickland excepted. The petition alleged, that during the year 1911 the plaintiff was owner and in possession of a certain tract of land in Brooks county; that the defendant Strickland entered upon this land against the will of the plaintiff and over his protest, and wilfully and without any lawful claim whatever 'extracted from the pine trees growing on the land crude gum, from which he manufactured spirits of…