Smith v. Collier

J. II. Collier and others as trustees of the Carolina Methodist Episcopal Church, south, sue John A. Smith, Sr., and others to recover damages for cutting and removing 25 trees and 15 saplings from land claimed to be owned by them, on which land is situated what is known as the Carolina Methodist Church and cemetery. There was judgment for the plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.

There is evidence that in 1857 this land was owned by Alex Smith, father of John A. Smith, one of the defendants. The Presbyterians had a church building on this property. It was used also by the Carolina Methodists.…