Lee v. O'Quin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Sweat. Charlton superior court. March 30, 1897. On January 9, 1896, J. B. O’Quin brought his petition against Eli Lee and William Davidson, for injunction to restrain them from cutting and removing timber from certain land to which he claimed title, and for the recovery of damages for timber alleged to have been cut therefrom by them.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Sweat. Charlton superior court. March 30, 1897. On January 9, 1896, J. B. O’Quin brought his petition against Eli Lee and William Davidson, for injunction to restrain them from cutting and removing timber from certain land to which he claimed title, and for the recovery of damages for timber alleged to have been cut therefrom by them. The land was described in the petition as “all that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Charlton and State of Georgia, on the west side of the Great Satilla river, containing one thousand acres more or less,…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. The defendant claimed title to about 300 acres of land situated in Charlton county, having purchased the same from a named party, and immediately gone into possession thereof, such possession having been evidenced by buildings, in which he resides, upon the land, and by enclosure and cultivation of about fifteen acres of the same. The plaintiff filed his petition against the defendant, for an injunction to restrain him from cutting and removing timber from the land to which the defendant claimed title, and to recover damages for timber alleged to have been cut therefrom. Upon the trial of…
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