Piper v. Voorhees
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
This is an action of trespass quare clausmn fregit, for breaking and entering the close of the plaintiff, in the town of Scarborough, on September 28,1927, and then, and in a succession of like or repeated trespasses, trampling and spoiling grass and herbage. The case comes up, on a report of the legally admissible evidence, from the Superior Court sitting in Cumberland County, for final determination. In the event plaintiff prevails, stipulation liquidates damages.
The action, it is conceded, is maintainable, unless defendant proves as a defense that, Avhere the acts were done, the land is…
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