L. K. Ladd, Inc. v. Bauer

This litigation began when L. K. Ladd, Inc. brought an action in the Concord District Court claiming $200 to be due from Richard F. Bauer for bulldozer services. Bauer brought a cross-action claiming damages caused by the deposit of silt on his land by L. K. Ladd, Inc. and its agent Cutter. The ad damnum of the writ and the amount of damage alleged in each of Bauer’s counts, one in case and one in trespass, was $1,500. The cases were consolidated and tried without a stenographic record. The reserved case signed by the justice of the district court states that during the course of the trial…