Taylor v. Blake

This is an action in trespass in which the plaintiff charges that the defendant broke and entered the close of the plaintiff in the town of Fletcher and there cut down, removed and wholly destroyed a large number of trees kept by the plaintiff for wood and lumber. Treble damages are claimed under P. L. 8540. The plaintiff describes his close as lot number 18, third division of lots in the town of Fletcher, containing 100 acres more or less, and bounds the lot by naming the abutting owners. The jury by special verdict found that the defendant acted through mistake, or had good reason to…