Legal Opinion

Stevens v. Gordon

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 10, 1895PublishedCited by 6 opinions

On motion and exceptions. The plaintiff having obtained a verdict in the Superior Court, for Kennebec county, in this action, which came into the court on appeal from a trial justice, moved for a new trial and also took exceptions. The case appears in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.

This is an action of trover for the value of a small quantity of grass grown on the side of the road running between the farms of plaintiff and defendant, and which was cut and hauled away by the defendant. The title to the grass is the question in controversy.

The case comes before us on exceptions and motion for a new trial.

The motion cannot properly be considered, inasmuch as from an inspection of the evidence as reported it is not full and complete, and the certificate of the stenographer shows that it is only a portion of that given at the trial.

The exceptions relate to the admissibility…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. McCully v. BesseySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1946
  2. Carey v. CyrSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
  3. Hardison v. JordanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1945
  4. Ernest Wolff Manufacturing Co. v. Battreal Shoe Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1915
  5. E. H. Bardes Range & Foundry Co. v. WeaverOhio Court of Appeals · 1942

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