Naylor

The jurisdiction of the court is sustained by reason of diversity of citizenship. The equitable jurisdiction of the court is found in the character of the relief invoked. The subject-matter of the controversy is a tract of land, chiefly valuable for the timber standing, and growing upon it, at the time of the transactions disclosed in the pleadings and evidence, lying and being situate in Pasquotank county, N. C., containing 2,500 acres and, with the timber, of value largely in excess of $3,000, alleged by plaintiffs to be “more than $100,000.”

The bill charges: That plaintiffs Harold J. Naylor and Clara C. Cole, the children of plaintiff Lillian F. Naylor, are seised in fee of the lands in controversy. That defendant Mary Robbins asserts title thereto, claiming to be the owner, and in possession thereof, by virtue of certain deeds to which special reference is hereafter made. That defendant Foreman-Blades Lumber Company, claiming the right to do so by reason of purchase from defendant Mary Robbins, entered upon the land and cut and removed timber therefrom of great value. Plaintiffs Harold J. and Clara C. pray: That the alleged deeds under which defendant Mary Robbins claims…