Sunderland v. Girard

This is an action of trespass de bonis asportatis and comes to this court on the plaintiff’s exception to the direction of a verdict for the defendant in the Superior Court for Washington County.

The action is brought to recover damages for the cutting and removal of trees and cord wood from certain premises formerly owned by James W. Sunderland. The plaintiff had no title to the land. She based her right to recover upon a certain writing signed by the said James W. Sunderland during his ownership of the farm upon which the wood was located, which said writing is as follows: “August 15, 1911.…