Downey v. Dowell

Defendant in error Jeff Dowell sued the plaintiff in error in the court below, and recovered a judgment; against him for $120 as damages for the value of timber converted. The facts found by the court are, in substance, as follows: The tract of land on which the timber in controversy stood was formerly owned by Jabe Dickson, who sold it to his son, John Dickson. During the time the latter owned the land he sold the timber to Dowell, the defendant in error, and conveyed it by an ordinary bill of sale. At the time the sale was made the land was occupied by Dickson and his family as a homestead,…