Skeels v. Starrett

This action was brought to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of certain trespasses committed by the defendant on lands belonging to plaintiff, in the county of Muskegon, on and subsequent to May 1, 1882. The declaration contained two counts. One was the ordinary count in trespass, and the other a count under the statute, and upon which the plaintiff recovered.

The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that he was the owner of the land in question; that the defendant entered upon the lands, and in 1882 cut down trees, converted them into saw-logs, and…