Yellow River Railroad v. Harris

Taylor, J.:

The appellee sued the appellant in the Circuit Court of Walton county in an action of trespass upon land for locating its railroad over his land, and recovered judgment for $200, from which judgment this appeal is taken.

The defendant pleaded the general issue and a special denial of the ownership of the premises by the plaintiff.

At the trial the plaintiff, to prove his ownership of the land trespassed upon, offered in evidence what purported to be a final receipt of the receiver of the United States Land Office at Gainesville, Florida, wherein the receipt of the sum of four dollars…