Moore v. Crose

This was an action by the appellee against the appellant for trespass upon the lands of the plaintiff. It is alleged in the complaint, that on the 1 ith day of March, 1871, the plaintiff being the owner in fee simple and lawfully seized of the east half of the south-west quarter of section seven, in township twenty, north of range one west, in Clinton county, the defendant, without leave and wrongfully, entered into and upon the same and tore down and destroyed the gate and fencing, etc., thereon, whereby the plaintiff was damaged in the sum of three hundred dollars. The complaint is in two…