Brewster v. Churchill

In this action of trespass, a referee, hearing the case with the right of exceptions on questions of law reserved, as authorized by Rule 42 of the Rules of Court, 129 Me. 519, filed a report awarding the plaintiffs a recovery of $1,900, applicable largely to hardwood and softwood timber which the defendant removed from land of the *10plaintiffs under a claim of title thereto. Something was included, it is true, for damage caused to young growth and to the realty, in the course of the defendant’s operation, but if he was the owner of the growth removed, those items would represent nothing more…