Kramer v. Goodlander
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
June 14th 1881. Before Mercur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunket, Sterrett and Green, JJ. IBiiarswood, C. J., absent. Error to the Oourt of Common Fleas of Olearfield coimty : Of May Term 1880, No. 186. This was an action of trespass, brought March 24th 1873, by George Goodlander against George Kramer, "William E. Beil and others, to recover double and treble damages for cutting and converting timber trees on land claimed by the plaintiff.
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June 14th 1881. Before Mercur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunket, Sterrett and Green, JJ. IBiiarswood, C. J., absent. Error to the Oourt of Common Fleas of Olearfield coimty : Of May Term 1880, No. 186. This was an action of trespass, brought March 24th 1873, by George Goodlander against George Kramer, "William E. Beil and others, to recover double and treble damages for cutting and converting timber trees on land claimed by the plaintiff. In liis declaration, filed December 3Íst 1878, the plaintiff averred that the trespass was committed upon a portion of a tract of land, being warrant and survey No.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
*363In 1864 the plaintiff purchased the David Kennedy tract No. 1434, at treasurer’s sale, sold for the taxes of 1862 and 1863, assessed as unseated. This tract was warranted in 1792, surveyed in 1793, and patented to Kobert Kennedy in 1815. It does not appear that the plaintiff occupied it or ascertained its location until after the alleged trespass by defendants. Before the cutting of the timber, on September 27th 1870, he procurred a warrant on which he had a survey, and in October of the same year obtained a patent for a tract of land containing three hundred and forty-one acres sixteen and…
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