Hinds v. Knox
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. , tile THIS was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought by Michael Hinds, against George Knox, in Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county, for J 7 ing upon his lands, and cutting down arjd carrying away trees, The defendant pleaded not guilty, and not guilty within six years. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for “ six cents damages, and all costs of suit.”
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In Error. , tile THIS was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought by Michael Hinds, against George Knox, in Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county, for J 7 ing upon his lands, and cutting down arjd carrying away trees, The defendant pleaded not guilty, and not guilty within six years. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for “ six cents damages, and all costs of suit.” There was no certificate by the Judge that the freehold or title of the land mentioned in the declaration was chiefly in question, agreeably to the 16th sect, of stat. 22 & 23, Ch. II. c. 9., reported to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, (Tilghman C. J. being sick and absent,) was delivered by
Gibson J.
To this action of trespass quare clausum fregit, the defendant pleaded, non cul, and the statute of limitations; and the jury found for'the plaintiff; six cents damages, “ and all costs of suit.” There was no certificate ; and as it did not appear by the pleadings, that the title came in question, the Court rendered judgment on the verdict, without costs. There is no doubt, but the question is unaffected by any thing in the act of -assembly, passed the 22d March, 1814, Purd. Dig. 363, giving…
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