Gray Lumber Co. v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trespass. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. December 18, 1905. The Gray Lumber Company, a corporation, brought an action of trespass against E. G.' and Mary Harris, doing business under the name of the Dooly Lumber Company, alleging that, they had unlawfully cut certain timber belonging to the plaintiff. The defendants denied that the plaintiff owned the timber, but claimed that it belonged to them, and that they had a right to cut it.
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Trespass. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. December 18, 1905. The Gray Lumber Company, a corporation, brought an action of trespass against E. G.' and Mary Harris, doing business under the name of the Dooly Lumber Company, alleging that, they had unlawfully cut certain timber belonging to the plaintiff. The defendants denied that the plaintiff owned the timber, but claimed that it belonged to them, and that they had a right to cut it. Both parties claimed under John Vickers Jr. (spoken of also as Johnnie Vickers), signing as John Vickers. The plaintiff’s chain of title was as…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Objection was made-to the admission.of the sayings of H. L. Gray, a director and superintendent of sawmills of the plaintiff. It appears that at the time he made them he was acting in the place of the president who was .sick, and was engaged in superintending the construction of a trestle across the river in the direction of the timber, claiming it as belonging to the company, and stating that they were going across to get it. This evidence was admissible. It did not show title in the plaintiff, but was competent to show that the plaintiff claimed the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dykes v. McVaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Shuler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Croft v. Doe ex dem. ThorntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Noyes v. French Lumbering Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Williams v. HandleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1813
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