Pickard v. Bailey
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, to recover the value of one pine log, or of 700 feet of boards manufactured from it. The plaintiff proved that he drew the log in question from th a highway in Hereford, in Canada, to a sawmill in Colebrook, in this State, and moved it to another part of' the mill yard, and the miller having manufactured it into boards for the plaintiff, the defendants carried them away.
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Trespass, to recover the value of one pine log, or of 700 feet of boards manufactured from it. The plaintiff proved that he drew the log in question from th a highway in Hereford, in Canada, to a sawmill in Colebrook, in this State, and moved it to another part of' the mill yard, and the miller having manufactured it into boards for the plaintiff, the defendants carried them away. The defendants proved that Henry Bailey was the servant of Charles Bailey, and introduced evidence tending to prove that the log had been taken from lot No. 18, in the first range of the township of Hereford, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, C. J.
Henry Bailey, one of the defendants, justifies under the authority of Charles Bailey, the other defendant. He alleges that the log was taken from lot No. 18 in the town of Hereford, in Canada, which belonged to the estate of ■ Alexander Hart, and that Charles Bailey was authorized by the representatives of Hart to seize the log and boards in controversy.
The evidence of the authority of Rea, as agent of the Harts, and of his acts under it, was properly admitted. Both of them were present and claimed title to certain lots, the property of each being designated by the letters A. H. *165and B. H.…
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