Melton v. Helms

*72Sutton, C. J.

Ethel Helms, as guardian of Virgil Coleman Helms, an incompetent, brought this action for damages against T. R. Melton and W. E. Gordy in Marion Superior Court. The petition consisted of two couzzts, one in tz’over and the other for trespass on land; the trover count and W. E. Gordy as a party defendant were stricken from the petition by amendmént during the trial and before the plaintiff rested her case. The petition, as amended, alleged substantially the following: Helms’ possession and ownership of a certain described tract of land in Marion County; the wrongful entiy upon…