Weisswasser v. Chernick

This is an appeal by right from an Oakland County Circuit Court judgment for plaintiffs in the amount of $64,800 plus interest and costs. The appeal is brought by the corporate defendants and by the Chernicks, who control the corporate defendants (hereinafter defendants).

Plaintiffs instituted this action pursuant to MCLA 600.2919; MSA 27A.2919, which allows for treble damages where certain types of trespasses have been committed. Specifically, the statute provides, in pertinent part:

"(1) Any person who:(a) cuts down or carries off any wood, underwood, trees, or timber or despoils or injures…