Schoonover v. Irwin

The appellant, James Schoonover, sued the appellees, William H. Irwin, George A. Schaffer, William H. Reed and John P. May, for entering upon his lands and dismantling and hauling away a frame house.

The defendants answered in three paragraphs:

1. The general denial.

2. That the defendants acted under a parol license to The Wabash Coal & Iron Mining Company, giving the circumstances under which the license was alleged to have been granted.

3. That the firm of George A. Schaffer & Co., of which the defendant George A. Schaffer was a member, built said house on the lands in the complaint described,…