Whitman v. Dailey
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action op Trespass to recover treble damages for cutting timber on plaintiffs’ land. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1920,' Washington County, Wilson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The » defendants excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
This is an action of tort for the recovery of treble damages, under G. L. 6956. The case was tried by jury, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff to recover $175 actual damages, and also a special verdict, in substance, that the defendants did not commit the trespass through mistake, nor had reason to believe that the trees cut were on the premises of the defendants. The defendants severally moved at the close of all the evidence for a directed verdict. The motions were overruled, and exceptions were allowed the defendants. The grounds of the motions were that there was no evidence…
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