Harris v. Sturdivant
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Case, under chap. 29, § 9, R. S., to recover double the value of that portion of a partition fence, assigned by fence viewers to the defendant, which was built by the plaintiff on account of the neglect of defendant. The action was tried in the District Court before Goodenow, J., and a verdict returned for the plaintiff. No evidence was introduced by the defendant.
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Case, under chap. 29, § 9, R. S., to recover double the value of that portion of a partition fence, assigned by fence viewers to the defendant, which was built by the plaintiff on account of the neglect of defendant. The action was tried in the District Court before Goodenow, J., and a verdict returned for the plaintiff. No evidence was introduced by the defendant. Exceptions were taken to many of the rulings during the trial, and to many of the instructions to the jury, and for withholding those requested by the defendant. Only one point in the case was noticed by the Court, and consequently…
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, J.
The plaintiff brought this action under c. 29, of the R. S. to recover double the value of a fence, which he claims to have built, in pursuance of an assignment by fence viewers, and in consequence of the neglect of the defendant to comply with their assignment and adjudications. Various objections to the maintenance of the action were taken at the trial, in the District Court, and were made the subject of exceptions.
But the principal question presented to us is, whether the defendant was entitled to previous notice of the adjudication *367of sufficiency of the fence, by the fence viewers, and of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chase v. HathawayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
- Commonwealth v. CoombsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Tobey v. WebsterNew York Supreme Court · 1808
- Commonwealth v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
- Commonwealth v. PetersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
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