Caudill v. Bates

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellee, Jesse Bates, filed this action against appellant, Stephen Caudill, d/b/a Caudill Lumber Company, to restrain him from cutting and removing timber from a certain 25-acre tract of land which appellee allegedly owns. The appellant filed an answer, counter-claim, and cross-claim, bringing in as defendants Bud, Hazel, and Lizzie Tolliver, from whom he had purchased the timber. The Tollivers, also appellants, filed their joint and separate answer, alleging ownership of the surface of this tract. The appellant, M. A. Dun*923lap, intervened in the action claiming that…