Shterk v. Veitch
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county under G. S. 1913, § 8090, to recover $795.36 as treble damages for timber unlawfully cut from plaintiff’s land. Defendant’s appeal from the taxation of costs and disbursements was heard by Hughes, J., and affirmed. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Defendant appeals from that part of the judgment against him which allows plaintiff to recover as disbursements an item of $70 paid to civil engineers for a survey of his land, and an item of $15 paid to a cruiser for estimating timber alleged to have been taken therefrom by defendant. The only questions involved are as to whether the respective items were properly taxed as necessary disbursements in the action.
Plaintiff owned an 80-acre tract in St. Louis county and defendant had the right to cut and remove timber from the adjoining 80. There was a dispute between them as to the dividing…
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