Clark v. Aldrich
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the 'District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. Action at law by Herbert O. Aldrich against Ernest I. Clark. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for the conversion of wood and sawed lumber. On April 12, 1917, Clark executed a bill of sale in familiar form of “all the standing timber” on a designated lot of Clark’s land in Framingham, “said Aldrich to have 2% years to cut and remove said timber, and during said time to have use of part of the pasture adjoining, not exceeding one acre, to pile lumber on, and to have a free passage to said state road.” Aldrich cut all the timber within the time limit, but at the expiration of the 2J/2-year period there were still on Clark’s land .about 425 cords…
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- Fletcher v. LivingstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Peirce v. FinertySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1911
- Wimbrow v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1912
- Kidder v. FlandersSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
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