Schankin v. Buskirk

Plaintiffs seek treble damages under tbe statute, * for a trespass in the course of which several trees on their land were cut down. At the time that plaintiffs, a young man and his wife, purchased the, parcel of land in question, there were few houses in the neighborhood, the street that ran by had not yet been paved, and their land and the land adjoining, as well, were thickly wooded. They intended to build there and they had chosen the parcel, which is part' of a suburban land development near Detroit, for the beauty of its large trees. They pictured these as surrounding their future home.

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