Hagopian v. Saad

The defense to this statutory and common law action for the wrongful cutting of trees was a claim on the part of the defendants that they had title to and possession of the land on which the trees stood. The claim of title was carefully analyzed and clearly set forth in the finding but the facts necessary to a determination of this appeal are comparatively .simple. The controversy arises over the legal conclusions to be drawn from those facts.

On April 2d, 1912, Asdoor, Varten, Madiros and Anna Mardirosian were tenants in common of a tract of land in Scotland and Canterbury, title to which…