Coffey v. Humble

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

This action was brought by the appellants, Essie Bell Coffey, Jonah Lee Coffey and Otha Lee Coffey, infants by their statutory guardian, Thomas Coffey, to recover of the appellees, J. E. Humble and Sandy Tucker, the possession of a forty-acre tract of land lying on the waters of Wolf and Dud creeks in Russell county; also $100 damages for the cutting of timber therefrom by appellees, and $150 damages for five years’ possession and use of the land by them; it being alleged in the petition that the above-named infant appellants are the owners in fee,…