J. J. Mccaskill

PARKHILL, J. -- The bill of complaint filed by appellee against appellant in the circuit court for Walton county alleges that the Union Naval Stores Company is the owner by deeds duly executed under seal by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, R. G. Peters and A. L. Langellier of all the timber situated upon some twenty odd thousand acres of land fully described, the consideration therefor being $21,653.02; by said deeds of conveyance the Union Naval Stores Company and its assigns were granted not only the timber but the right to cut and remove same and to box, chip and work same for turpentine purposes for fifteen years, of which period less than seven years expired prior to the filing of this bill; that at the time of the execution of said conveyance the said railroad company and Peters and Langellier were the owners of the land and the timber thereon in fee simple and in possession thereof; that immediately subsequent to the making payment of the monies mentioned in such conveyances, the Union Naval Stores Company, through its agents and lessees entered into possession of the lands and timber described and boxed large quantities of the timber, and is still in possession of the said lands and using the timber thereon for turpentine and other purposes; that the defendant J. J. McCaskill claims to have purchased all the lands hereinbefore described -- the lands being the same upon which grew the timber theretofore sold to the Union