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FEW? CIRflUKT SQUET
1 Wm. R. Lawson, &c
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«against- i I Abstracfi record.
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‘21:] 'gf‘T‘arch 27, 1&5’351, 19's.. Lignfsca‘x-z, fi’mnstoe for ‘
: rather Tountze and juthor Fountze filed yciition in equiiy in
‘ the Fike Circuit Hourt against loseph Hatficlfl, Eliza cth,
America, Julius ;nd.Tfiomas Hatfielfl and Anderson Sm;th,
% Vallcringjthut Iawson was Trustee for fountze, Lnd tnafi Vonntze
'{ in Mia own right- that said Tountze was the owner and lawson
f as Trthee, has the loyal title uni that ylgintiffs have oc—
+~u1yposoession of tract of land 0' the cater of left Wand “ohk
of '1ackberry Creek in Pike Coupty, tributary to Tug River, ‘
i and th rein described by mates and bounds as containing 53531
{ acres, exceptinp;thoreout and excluding therefrom.l4 tracfis, con~
taining 1453-l/% acres, seyaraflely numbering Lho tracts except '
as by reference to patents ?mxdng; ho patemtce, date of
’ patents and in oome cases SpGCiflCfill? describing the land
0 eluded and e cepted (record pages 4-6 inclusive). I ,
”laintiFfs th reuyon allege that defendants had unlawfully,
: , WTOHTfU1ly, jithont right and against the will cod consent of
' the plain iffa, entered upon plainti fa land inside the afore-

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1 said 14 flifferani tracts coutaining l453~l/§ acres, and haa cut
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1 fimwn more than five hmnfired (500) trees of the value of 31700.00;
1' war: fihreateninr to remove same frnm plaintiffs! lava and con-
1> v:rt Same o defundanta' use, anfl deprive the plaintiffs of the
Ii 3awe, an: were threateving to cowtinue fio sut d0wn and fall
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% other treas stanfiing and growing upon the said land ani to comr
1. Wifi repeafied and nufiarous tregpasaes thereon unless prevented
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g' by 133 dourt; that fine timbar was thw Chifif value of the land,
1 tbs substance of the inharitanca; flefendants aru each insolvant
% and thurefore fine plaintiffs were :1 bout adequate or any remedy
é. uh law. ?he grayer of th» getifiien was that fihe defendants
:1 and 1131011 he rea‘trained an”; ~'r~joir:1e1‘ 1"?er entering 12.113011 “the
5 laflfls and from amazing or rewmving;iimber or ireea growing upon i
1 - thfl land, a: timber cut from.thc land, or conver'i”g same to
; their own n39; that upon bearinfi the restraining order and in-
: junction be made perpetual; fihat a Receiver be appointed to »
i take charge of fihe out timbtr aré preaerve the same, with powef
i to haul and.market the timber, paying the proceeds th1reof to
I plaintiffs. (recrd 8) .
Tye injunction as prayed for was granted as a temporary
resfiraining orfiar in vacation, and an ofaer of survey wbs di—
' rented on the motion of the plaintiffs( fee. 10).
- Upon mation and affidavits (rec. 13—17) the flourt (rec. ;
‘ &¢—50) appointed 0.3.30.133, Receiver 0f fihe Cour? ‘0 flake Chara:
of fihe timber cut from fihe lands in controversy, whether than ‘1
' xgon the land or rewoved therefrom.a?tér ihc suiting, and for 1
the reason that the said timber would probably deteriorate in .
3 value and that the has? interefit of the parties so reqvired, the g
: Receiver was authorized to sell fihe same, taking bonds for puru j
‘ _ chase prire, parable to himself, bearing fix interest from data. 4
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1 Under ton order the Receiver 501d the timber at the price

é ’ ‘ of $600.00 (page 50)

? Defendants by jointand separate answer (rec 25—27)

3 deny ownership of the land in,?oontze or in Lawson as Trustee

E . for him, oi her as a whole or fiho land after excluding the 14

I tracts mentioned and described in the potiiion; deny wrongfuly

gfiv entry; that they had cut 500 trees or thafi such trees were of

1 the Value of filfiOO.oo, or that ihey were threatening to re-

‘ move said timber wroncfully or without'right; or wrongfully or

; «ikhout right to cu: ‘owp or remove other timber. In short,

: Par. I is a traverse of the allegations of who petition.

Tn var-.8, fine}! plead that the plain-zzii'fs' claim is of land ,
3 derived through a patent frOm Kentucky to Gooaling, D318 and g
3 33111111133 under survey :'vabmary 27, 1866; that dofondants, _

E Flizabeth Hatfield, widow of Thomas Hatfield, Joseph Uafifield,

i Thamas and America fiatfield are the children and heirs of Thomal‘

Z Hatfield, and were then occupying the lava from which the timr

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3 her was cu;;thot the flefowdants had sold to one C.W.Velson

g and fleorge T"":‘zller some timber on the lands, and tnat the da—

3 fondants Julius Hatfield and Anaeroon Smith were only alred to

% out the fiimber and assiat as laborers there, but that the childw

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% ran an” heirs of mhomas Hatfield owneo tracts nos. 10, ll, 12 j
g anfi 9 in the petifiion mentioned as exclvsions; that they had

:5 caused to be out from tho lanas cl imed by plaintiffs about
i 500 trees; that these were oak upon lands described by motes
i and bounds (rec. 25); that they and.Thomaa Hatfield, their de-
33 ceased father, hai the adverse poasasaion of the bouniary so %
g described to a wall morked and defined boundary for wore than é
§ 15 yours; that they and their father resided upon it for 40 2
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3 yeurfi befcre he filed; that ha resided upon it as ‘he actual
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% variora, anfi at '35 time fine patent under which plaintifffi
, Cl in gas ipsuefi; that wfien file rntry was made No malice was ,
; fiiVefl t0 mg father of intemt to locate tha same as regnired by
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1 :54 that Kfifiry naither fiawvoy nor patent lSSUBfi, fleNCFNFed or
i agecifiaally mentioned the avclusioas get out in the Latitinn,
z ' simyly mentiafiiwg, after Fivinf Met:s and'bounfia of tha nur-
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i ‘ Vuy, t1a~ therc ara 2,000 acres excluded from *he survey,
= gitLth locatinfi it or describing it excapt m5 200? QCTC tract
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I fffl“ mnich the? ban out timber; and th rawyon plfiad thwt hfi' ‘
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‘ iaz¢ure a? mhu survey LES 3 “was :u aascriue u;Ciu£iOflb, the
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f 0* Whomaw E'tfield, aru ’he Gwnarn of tke lanfi éescrihofi in j
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1 thair answer a“d a! gamma: cut thxrcfrox. ,
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T913 an$wer wgs reyigefl BO (rec. zm~ou) std as ; traverse f
af fhe affirmative allegatiuna, Nag in particular fhafi the timbefi
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cwt frOm the TOH5QBTY o: Lana deacrNNGd $H hafiLMXWflT as 58*
- _ lcfifiinfi to the defendant, or that tue ”Nié ana 0; av; yart g
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th-reof belongs to the defenfianc, or that Thpm m “9 f aid, or g
persca Claiming uflder him, had the Ngvmrau a? dry ygsnwssion
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4 shomaa nfltNleld was annual 5Ch~4df in ruon it uufi mime eatrlefi g
i or survey were made, or inut ht 0? the defemdgnts reaiéed theme;
f on at afly time. 3
V Pe?xy to the ylea coutuimefi in the answer hat the H
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with accuracy; hat the exclusions were susceptible of being i
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3 aofi plot ayyaori“?iifl fihe record, awfi fhat the outer houwdaries
1 of ‘ho U113, noosling and Phillips survey are defined and cer-
j tain. who reply denies paxeni was void for the said or any
é reason.
7 : motion to withoraw temporary restraining order was ovar-
5 ruled, and a previously defective bond was permitted fio be
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i amended .3126. new bond executed. (Flee. 120—42)
‘ - The Tagort of tho Surveyor is at yages 18 anfi 19, as ‘
7 haviog been made April, 1899. Tho surveyor run tho potnnts
: named as exclusions, numbers 9, 10, 11 and 13, showing the i
‘ lines run an tho map in Green shade; that the timber in conn I
Q ' troversy that had keen out, grew upon the lands in the “$13,
5 vhillips and aoosling survey and Outside the lanos owued by
1 the defendants, locating the thnbcr as out upon the moo. “7
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i Fxceptiong to the surveyor's report (rec. 44) the third
3 rround thereof only being mafierial, was that the plat filed by
3 tho surveyor was inco root as erromeously locating the place
3 , the timber was out. The patent lavas helonged to the de—
; fend His, and because lines of ourveya owned by the defendants
5 were not run by the surveyor; that the surveyor could not from '
E the mzrvey definitely and vorrectly locate the lines, as he pra-
tended to in the reporfi and plat. _ ;
: It did not appear that the exceptions ware ever made _
1 mattargof ruling by the flour , Bad for this reason should be ;
: treated as waived. ‘ 1
2 These exceptions ware filad Way 9th. 2%} fl
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% At the January Term, 1§00 (rec.222) the fluwrt adjudged
k and orderefi uyon the motion of €36 chundants that they were
J entitled to an issue out of emancery and a jury tr4ul uyuu
iSsnen framed as follows:
1— Wid ihe plaintiffs OWN ihe land or guy part boand and
_ aeacrihed in the defe~dant$' answer. '
:g‘ 2» Wan the timber in controvegsy, or any part thereof, cut ‘
L} upon the land Vound and described in defendanta' answer.
3- An ordar fiirenting much issue and awarding a jury trial—
\ plaintifffi objectefi and excepted, and thareukofi moved fihe
‘ Court to h&ve all equitablc issmeg disposed of before irying the
i V issue to the jury. The court overruled the motion 0? piain- 2
‘ tiffs in the reapect aforesaid, and plaintiffs excepted.- " '&§
The verdict of tbs jury was a finding for the defendania,
upon the refiurn of which plainfiiffs entered mation that the
court render judgment for them notwithstanding anid verdict, E
which, upon cansideration of the court, was overruled (rec.251) 3
Following which plaintiffs moved tfle Court to grant a new
trial, filing grounds in supporfi thureof. :
‘ The grounda for new t ial were that there was error in
' awardin: issue Gui of chancery, refusing to render jvdywent for
plaintiffs notwiihsiawdinvrfihe verdict, and thafi neithwr the n
verdict of the jury~nor ihe decision of the court were sustained V
by skfficientevidauca and contrary to law, and for errors of
law occurring at the trflal.
Th3 dourt fawdered judgmenfi overruling rofiion and grounds, '
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“ givipg plaintiffs fiime to p spare and file hill of exceptions V
(rec.234). ”
_ ‘I On the sane d&y zflnxhax entered judgment in accordance wifil "
the verdict of the Jury that the defendanta were owners of the V
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