Clarke v. Clyde

The appellant brought this action to recover from the respondents certain saw logs, alleging in his complaint that he was the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of the same. The answer, so far as it is necessary to be considered, was a- general denial of the allegations of ownership and right of possession in the appellant. The trial developed the following facts: In June, 1890, the respondent, Joseph Clyde, Sr., acquired title from the United States to- the lands upon which the logs in controversy were grown. After the issuance of the patent, Clyde and his wife executed two…