State v. Travis

Lovins, Judge:

Claude O. Travis, hereinafter designated as defendant, was convicted of a violation of the first paragraph of Code, 61-3-30. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $25.00. From the judgment so sentencing him, he prosecutes this writ of error.

The factual background of this prosecution involves the ownership of a gas well and the right of access thereto. The defendant admits entry on the land in question, but asserted that he did so under a bona fide claim of right to make such entry.

W. K. Shinn and Mary C. Shinn, his wife, by an agreement bearing date the 5th day of January, 1909,…