Watson v. Rynd

Opinion delivered May 18, 1874, by

GORDON, J.

If anything other than the Act of 1824 itself were wanting to show that the court below erred in refusing to treble the damages, found by the jury in this case, it may be found in the case of O’Reiley et al. v. Shadel, 9 Ca. 489. In that case it was expressly decided that the

want of knowledge on the part of the trespasser did not relieve him from the penalty imposed by the third section of the act. And the intention of the legislature is therein pointed out by calling attention to the significant fact that the words “knowing the same to be growing…