Johnson v. United States Gypsum Co.

This is a hill in equity brought by the appellee to enjoin the appellants from trespassing and cutting timber on lands to which the ap-pellee holds the record title. The appellants disputed the appellee’s ownership and introduced testimony to show that they have acquired title by adverse possession. The chancellor ruled against the appellants on the issue of adverse possession and permanently enjoined them from entering the property.

In its brief in this court the appellee contends that the oral evidence heard below was not properly preserved and cannot he considered by us in the determination…