Burkhardt v. Elgee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for St. Croix county: E. B. Bundy, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed March 10, 1896:
Winslow, J.
This is an action of trespass for entering the lands of the plaintiffs, and unlawfully, with hook and line, catching from the Willow river, a stream which flows through said lands, certain brook trout. The damages were laid at $100 in the complaint, but it appeared on the trial that the damages for the trespass were simply nominal, and that the brook trout caught were of the value of fifty cents only. Trial by jury was waived, and the entry and catching of the fish were admitted. The court found from the evidence, among other things,…
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