Carey v. Buntain

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Owsxey.

This writ of error is prosecuted to a judgment recovered by the defendant in error in an action of trespass brought by her in the court below against the present plaintiffs,

The trespass for which the action was brought consisted in cutting trees, &c. not within the actual indo-sure, but on the land of which the plantation whereof the plaintiff in that court lived formed a part. The defendant in error appears to be the widow of John Bun-tain, deceased, who it is proven had a right to the land, and was actually possessed thereof at the time of his decease ⅜;…