Hinman v. Heyderstadt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action Vas brought in the district court for Scott county, to recover the value of hay cut by the defendants upon the premises of plaintiff. The defendants had entered upon the land and cut the hay under a bona fid,e claim of title.
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This action Vas brought in the district court for Scott county, to recover the value of hay cut by the defendants upon the premises of plaintiff. The defendants had entered upon the land and cut the hay under a bona fid,e claim of title. The action was tried before Macclonalcl, J., and a jury, who brought in a general verdict for plaintiff for $-3-80.75. The jury found specially that the defendants (during the four seasons they were in possession) had cut 200 tons of hay, and that it was worth $1.75 per ton before being cut, and $4 per ton after being cut and stacked. Plaintiff appeals from…
1Opinion of the Court
Vanderburgh, J.1
The court below ruled that, inasmuch as the defendants are admitted to have cut and carried away the hay in controversy in good faith and undei*a claim of title, and believing that they owned the land, plaintiff’s recovery should be limited to the value of the standing grass. The jury, under the instructions of the court and in conformity with this rule, rendered a .general verdict for the-plaintiff, and also found specially the value of the hay after it was cured and put up.
The sole question for us to consider in this appeal is whether, under the circumstances, judgment…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wooden-Ware Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Winchester v. CraigMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Nesbitt v. St. Paul Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Grant v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Knickerbocker v. WilcoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Whitney v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- State v. Shevlin-Carpenter Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Viliski v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Dolliff v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Mueller v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903