Lanier v. . Lumber Co.

This is an action against the Roper Lumber Company to recover damages for cutting certain timber on the land described in the complaint, and against the administrator and heirs of Jefferson Lanier to recover the purchase price of the same.

In 1898 John T. Batts, who was then the owner of the land, executed a deed purporting to convey the same to the plaintiff, who was then under twenty-one years of age. This deed was not registered until 5 February, 1904. On 27 November, 1902, the said Batts sold this land and other lands to Jefferson Lanier and executed a deed to the said Lanier purporting to…