Wells v. Johnston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Lewis county. Action by Talcott Wells against William H. Johnston and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLaughlin, J.
This is an action of conversion to recover the value of a quantity of pulp wood removed from a tract of 600 acres of land in Forestport, Oneida county. Plaintiff cut the wood, but was forbidden to remove the same by the assistant chief ñsh and game protector and forester, who thereupon sold it to parties who removed it, and subsequently sold and delivered it to defendants at Port Leyden, about 11 miles distant. The principal question presented for our consideration is as to whether the lands from which the timber was cut were owned by plaintiff or by the people of the state of New York. The…
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