Randleman v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District; Frank Smith, Judge; statement by the court. R. R. Randleman was the owner of the south J4 of sec. 12, township 21 north, range 7 east, in Clay County, Ark. The timber on the north half of said tract of land belonged to J. A. Taylor.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Eastern District; Frank Smith, Judge; statement by the court. R. R. Randleman was the owner of the south J4 of sec. 12, township 21 north, range 7 east, in Clay County, Ark. The timber on the north half of said tract of land belonged to J. A. Taylor. Randleman brought suit in replevin against Taylor to recover the value of a lot of cypress timber alleged to have been wrongfully cut and removed from the land by Taylor and manufactured into lumber by him. A survey of the land showed that the timber which is the subject-matter of this suit- was cut by Taylor from…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). Counsel for appellant assign as error the action of the court in giving the following instruction: “IV. Defendant denies that he did in fact cut any timber on the south half of the south half, but says his operations were confined exclusively to the north half of the south half, and he says further that, even though any trees were cut on the said so-uth half of the south half, they were cut under the following circumstances: That the line between the said south half and the north half was undetermined, and was not known accurately to either himself or the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eaton v. LangleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Schraeder Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. PackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Nashville Lumber Co. v. BarefieldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Hays v. DickeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
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