Legal Opinion
Hoyt v. Southern New England Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 20, 1891PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Action to recover damages for the cutting of a tree on land of the plaintiffs; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County, and heard in damages, after a default, before Perry, J. Facts found and damages assessed at one hundred and fifty dollars, and appeal by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is a complaint to recover damages for the unlawful cutting of a tree standing on the plaintiffs’ land and of the alleged value of one hundred and fifty dollars. The defendant suffered a default, and upon a hearing in damages the court found the facts as follows, in addition to those admitted by the default:
“ The elm tree in question stood in the outer edge of the sidewalk, in' front of the lot described in the first paragraph of the complaint, and was, at the time of the cutting, about thirty years old, witb a trunk seventeen inches .in diameter three feet from the ground, and had a top…
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