Kirby Lumber Corp. v. Taylor

McKAY, Justice.

This case involves a suit by plaintiff-appellant, Kirby Lumber Corporation (Kirby), against defendant-appellees, Joe Nathan Taylor (Taylor), and his wife, Lilly Mae Taylor, and the San Augustine Lumber Company (San Augustine) for conversion of timber. The suit, nominally one in trespass to try title, asserted the ownership by Kirby of pine timber cut from the Gallender and Bruce Surveys in San Augustine County by Taylor and his son Herman, such cutting allegedly occurring during the period September 1,1971, to April 4,1972, without the authority of Kirby, and sold by, Taylor to…