Mason v. Park

This was an action of debt to recover the penalty given by “An Act to prevent trespassing by Cutting Timbes-,” (2) originally brought before a justice of the peace, by Park against Mason, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court. It was there tried by a jury, and a verdict returned for Park for $48, on which the Court gave judgment; to reverse which judgment, Mason appeals to this Court. The whole of the evidence is inserted in a bill of exceptions. From this it appears that Park, to prove title to the land on which the trees were cut, called a witness, who testified to a conversation in…