Larabee v. Potvin Lumber Co.

The plaintiffs, owners of a tract of land in Williamstown, brought this action seeking damages and an injunction barring the defendant Potvin Lumber Company, Inc. (Potvin), from cutting standing timber on the plaintiffs’ property. The defendant brought counterclaims for conversion and interference with contractual relations. The parties waived a jury trial, and the action was tried before a Superior Court judge, who ruled that the defendant was in violation of a contract and had committed the statutory tort of wilful and unlicensed cutting of standing timber. See G. L. c. 242, § 7. Judgment…