Hathaway v. Goslant
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for cutting and drawing away trees from plaintiff’s land. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1903, Washington County, Haselton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The evidence on both sides showed that the plaintiff’s farm is bounded on the east by the town of Marshfield, on the south by land of Fred Damberton, on the north by land of Henry Dow.
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Trespass for cutting and drawing away trees from plaintiff’s land. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1903, Washington County, Haselton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The evidence on both sides showed that the plaintiff’s farm is bounded on the east by the town of Marshfield, on the south by land of Fred Damberton, on the north by land of Henry Dow. The exceptions state that: “There was no- controversy regarding any line of the plaintiff’s land, or of Dow’s, except the line between Dow and the plaintiff. That line was…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The action is for cutting and drawing away trees from the plaintiff’s land. The original declaration is for treble damages. Before the trial, the plaintiff filed a new count in trespass for cutting and talcing away the trees. At the commencement of the trial the defendant requested the court to direct the plaintiff to- elect whether he would go to trial upon the original or upon the new count. The court, in overruling the motion, said that, at the close of the evidence, the motion could be renewed. To this ruling the defendant *205excepted. At the close of the evidence, the defendant renewed his…
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- State v. FournierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
- Wood v. WillardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1864
- Davis v. CoteySupreme Court of Vermont · 1897
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