Fraser v. Barton

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendants Brian Barton, Craig Barton, and Timothy Barton, owners of land in Gray, appeal a judgment by the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, J.) awarding plaintiff Gordon Fraser double damages in addition to single damages for defendants’ harvesting of timber on plaintiff’s land. Plaintiff cross-appeals the court’s denial of triple damages. Finding no error, we affirm.

Defendants, who are brothers, acquired approximately 53.5 acres of wooded property in Gray from their grandmother in 1984. The defendants’ property is bordered on the east by property belonging…