Turner v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COÜRT OE APPEALS OE THE STATE OE NEW YORK. This was an action of replevin, brought April 11, 1887, in behalf of the State of New York by the forest commissioners of the State against Turner, in the Supreme Court of the county of Franklin and State of New York, to recover a quantity of logs cut by him upon lands in that county and within the forest preserve of the State, between September 1, 1886, and March 25, 1887. The answer denied the allegations of the…
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ERROR TO THE COÜRT OE APPEALS OE THE STATE OE NEW YORK. This was an action of replevin, brought April 11, 1887, in behalf of the State of New York by the forest commissioners of the State against Turner, in the Supreme Court of the county of Franklin and State of New York, to recover a quantity of logs cut by him upon lands in that county and within the forest preserve of the State, between September 1, 1886, and March 25, 1887. The answer denied the allegations of the complaint, and alleged that at the time mentioned therein the defendant was the owner and in possession of the lands. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Geay
On May 15, 1885, the legislature of New York, by the statute of 1885, c. 283, declared that all the lands'then owned or thereafter acquired by the State of New York within certain counties (one of which was Franklin county) should constitute and be known as the forest preserve; and established a forest commission of three persons, styled forest’ commissioners, to “ have the care, custody, control and superintendence of the forest preserve,” and “ to maintain and protect the forests now in the forest preserve, and to promote as far-as practicable the further growth of forests thereon; ” and…
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