Steele v. McRaney

W.V. McRaney, Sr.; W.V. McRaney, Jr.; and Michael V. McRaney, individually and as custodian for Jillian Paige McRaney, a minor (hereinafter collectively referred to as "McRaney"), sued David F. Steele, Harvell Hines Steele, and J. Hudson Hines (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Steele"), alleging that Steele had wrongfully cut timber on property owned by McRaney.

McRaney and Steele are adjoining landowners. Steele contracted with a corporation, Hines, Steele and Steele, Inc., to cut timber on an eight-acre tract of real property that Steele thought it owned. McRaney claims that it has a…