Nypen Corporation v. Sechrist

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This action in trespass was brought by the plaintiff under section 4 of the Act of June 9, 1911, P. L. 861 (32 PS sec. 581) to recover treble damages from the defendants, appellants herein, for the cutting and removal of timber from a 50-acre tract of land to which plaintiff claims title. The defendants based their defense on a tax title. The trial resulted in the court’s directing a verdict of $300 for the plaintiff after it had waived its claim for treble damages.

On or about December 5, 1895, C. S. Green owned a tract of unseated land in Jackson Township, Lycoming…