Brown v. Bishop
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for defendant. Action of trespass quare clausum brought in the Supreme Judicial Court, Piscataquis County. Plea, the general issue with brief statement as follows: "That any entry upon the lands of the plaintiff or acts complained of in plaintiff’s writ and declaration (if any) were done by the defendant by the consent and under the license and permission of the plaintiff.” Tried at the January term, 1908, of said court.
Read the full summary
On report. Judgment for defendant. Action of trespass quare clausum brought in the Supreme Judicial Court, Piscataquis County. Plea, the general issue with brief statement as follows: "That any entry upon the lands of the plaintiff or acts complained of in plaintiff’s writ and declaration (if any) were done by the defendant by the consent and under the license and permission of the plaintiff.” Tried at the January term, 1908, of said court. At the conclusion of the testimony, the case was reported to the Law Court for decision upon so much of the evidence as was "competent and legally…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Action of trespass to real estate reported to the Law Court. On October 22, 1906, these parties entered into the following written contract:
"Timberland Permit
Know all men by these Presents, that I, Elmer E. Brown of Orneyille in the County of Piscataquis, Maine, in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to me paid by J. C. Bishop on or before the first day of February, 1907, do hereby agree, covenant and permit J. C. Bishop of Orneville, said County and State, to cut all hemlock fir spruce pine and cedar on my lot located in said Orneville, known as the Whitney lot it…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- White v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Lumber Co. v. Corey.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Williams v. FloodMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Sterling v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1869
- United Society v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
3Cited by9 opinions
- Finlay v. SwirskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State Ex Rel. Board of Fund Commissioners v. HolmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Cushing v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Leavens v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938
- Ferguson-McKinney Co. v. WhitleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.