Steven Patton v. Clint Sturgeon

── Steven Patton v. Clint Sturgeon ── Case No.: 24A-CT-03112 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: July 23, 2025 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Owen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge DeBoer concur In 2018, Richard L. Amador-May and Patton owned neighboring properties in Owen County. That October, Amador-May and Clint Sturgeon, a licensed timber buyer, entered into a Timber Sale Contract for Sturgeon to harvest the timber from 325 acres of Amador-May’s property. According to affidavits from Sturgeon and Amador-May, Sturgeon marked the boundary lines of the 325 acres. “There was a fence line along part of the property and [Sturgeon] placed stakes and purple pennants along the fence line and boundary line [he] had staked.” Appellant’s App.