Camp v. Camp
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass on the freehold. Plea, general issue, April Term, 1887, Taet, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The case appears in the opinion. The evidence was admissible to show a submission to the fence viewers acting as a board of arbitrators. White v. Everest, 1 Yt. 181. It was clearly admissible as-bearing on the question of exemplary damages. Devine v.. Rand, 38 Yt. 621; Pierce v. Iloffman, 24 Yt. 525 ; 1 Greenl.
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Trespass on the freehold. Plea, general issue, April Term, 1887, Taet, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The case appears in the opinion. The evidence was admissible to show a submission to the fence viewers acting as a board of arbitrators. White v. Everest, 1 Yt. 181. It was clearly admissible as-bearing on the question of exemplary damages. Devine v.. Rand, 38 Yt. 621; Pierce v. Iloffman, 24 Yt. 525 ; 1 Greenl. Ev. s. 53; Pratt v. Pond, 42 Conn. 318 ; Johnson v. Smith, 64 Me. 553 ; Sedg. Dam. 330 ; Currier v. Snow, 63 Me. 323 ; Paine v. Farr, 118 Mass. 74; Earl v.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Walker, J.
This was an action of trespass on the freehold to recover damages for cutting and carrying away grass and building a fence on the plaintiff’s land. Plea, the general issue.
The main question in controversy was' the location of the division line between the lands of the parties, who were adjoining owners. The plaintiff had verdict, and the defendant excepted.
The defendant relies only upon his exception to the exclusion of the testimony offered by him, tending to show that the fence viewers of the town in which the land was located, when called…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Campbell v. BatemanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1827
- White v. EverestSupreme Court of Vermont · 1828
- Green v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844
- Smith v. BullockSupreme Court of Vermont · 1844
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