Hall v. Dorsey

Statement by

Chief Justice Watson.

This is an action of tort brought under the statute to recover treble damages for cutting down and carrying away certain spruce and fir trees growing on land owned by the plaintiff in the town of Marlboro, this State, without leave of plaintiff. The answer is general denial and special defenses. The trial was by court, under the stipulation on file, more fully given below. The complaint is in two paragraphs, the first of which alleges that defendant on, to wit, the 10th day of November, 1925, with force and arms, broke and entered the plaintiff’s close…