Morgan v. Norful

Involved on this appeal is the question whether the evidence presented by the plaintiffs in a suit for the conversion of timber was sufficient to make a jury question. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendants and this appeal follows.

Appellants E. W. Morgan, Asa S. Morgan and Charles M. Morgan in their own right and E. W. Morgan as executor are the owners of approximately 1,100 acres of land. They filed suit for the conversion of approximately 250,000 feet of timber cut from said land alleging that it had been converted by the appellees, Vernon Whit-ten, Otis Norful and…