Any person, firm, or officer, representative, or agent of any firm or corporation, together with such firm or corporation, failing to comply with such demand to remove the said cloud upon the right to title and possession, shall be deemed to be guilty of a tort, and shall be held to respond in damages to the owner of any right, title, interest or right to possession of the real estate involved in a suit to quiet the title to said real estate in the amount of the cost, reasonable attorneys' fees, and other damage suffered on account of the said tort.