Scott v. Willson
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Trotee for pine timber. The cause was tried here, upon the general issue, at May term, 1824 ; when it appeared in evidence, that the plaintiffs, being inhabitants of the state of Vermont, and having taken a large quantity of pine timber from land iu that state, put the same into Connecticut river, upon the fifteen miles falls, so called, several miles above where it could have been rafted ; for the purpose of carrying the same timber, upon the river, through this state to…
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Trotee for pine timber. The cause was tried here, upon the general issue, at May term, 1824 ; when it appeared in evidence, that the plaintiffs, being inhabitants of the state of Vermont, and having taken a large quantity of pine timber from land iu that state, put the same into Connecticut river, upon the fifteen miles falls, so called, several miles above where it could have been rafted ; for the purpose of carrying the same timber, upon the river, through this state to Massachusetts. It also appeared, that one Barker, having found the timber, mentioned in the declaration of the plaintiffs,…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, C. J.
The statute, entitled “ an act regulating the mode of put- “ ting pine timber into Connecticut river,” enacts, “ that “ from and after the first day of November, 1809, all pine “ timber found floating in said Connecticut river, without tc being rafted, or under the immediate care and control of u some person or persons, and also all pine timber, which, c< by being put into said river without being rafted, or under u such control, shall be found on the banks or meadows adjoining said iivrr, shall and hereby is forfeited to any per- “ son, who will take up the same.” 1 N. H. Laws 399.
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