Avery v. White
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the statutory penalty for wrongfully cutting trees on land of the plaintiff, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New London County and tried to the jury before Waller, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $500, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
This was an action brought on the 29th day of October, 1901, to recover for trees cut upon the plaintiff’s land prior to that date. On the 13th day of November following, the plaintiff brought another action in the Superior Court against the same defendant for trees cut upon the-same land subsequent to the 28th day of October, 1901. That action was tried several years ago and came before us on appeal in 1907. See Avery v. White, 79 Conn. 705, 66 Atl. 517. The plaintiff recovered a substantial judgment in that action. After the jury had been impanelled in the .present case, on March 23d, 1909,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Avery v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
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